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Start the Revolution Without Me

Movie·1970·Comedy, History·1h 30m·Directed by Bud Yorkin

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Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other, Charles and Claude Coupé, are poor and dim-witted. On the eve of the French Revolution, both sets find themselves entangled in palace intrigue.

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Gene WilderGene WilderClaude / PhilippeDonald SutherlandDonald SutherlandCharles / PierreHugh GriffithHugh GriffithKing LouisJack MacGowranJack MacGowranJacquesBillie WhitelawBillie WhitelawQueen MarieVictor SpinettiVictor SpinettiDuke d'EscargotEwa AulinEwa AulinChristinaHelen FraserHelen FraserMimi

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