Start The Revolution Without Me

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Two French peasants are mistaken for a pair of aristocratic nobles in this historical situation comedy. Happy to be taken for nobles, the pair soon struggles to escape the guillotine in the wake of the French Revolution's blood purge of the upper class and royalty.

Cast

Gene Wilder
as Claude/Philippe
Donald Sutherland
as Charles, Pierre
Hugh Griffith
as Louis XVI
Billie Whitelaw
as Marie Antoinette
Jack MacGowran
as Jacques Cabriolet
Victor Spinetti
as Duke D'Escargot
Orson Welles
as Narrator
Helen Fraser
as Mimi Montage
Ewa Aulin
as Christina
Harry Fowler
as Marcel
Rosalind Knight
as Helen DeSisi
Murray Melvin
as Blind Man
Ken Parry
as Dr. Boileau
Jacques Maury
as Lt. Sorel
Maxwell Shaw
as Duke DeSisi
Graham Stark
as Andre Coupe
Barry Lowe
as Sergeant
George A. Cooper
as Dr. Duval
Michael Rothwell
as Paul Duval
Denise Coffey
as Anne Duval
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Audience Reviews for Start The Revolution Without Me

  • Sep 02, 2014
    Television staples Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin (of All In The Family fame) produced/directed this tip of the hat to both swashbucklers of old and to the wild zeitgeist that was the late '60's/early '70's. Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland play both the deadly but slightly inbred, upperclass Corsican Brothers, and their exact lookalikes, two goodhearted but dumb and cowardly peasants. The French Revolution is only moments away and the streets are swarming with malcontents, the king's court swarming with intrigue: whatever can happen next? A filmic shadow of those turbulent times (the 1970's, not 1789) now but still zany fun, think Saturday Night Live or early Woody Allen or Mel Brooks.
    Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
  • Feb 10, 2012
    Looks like Mel Brooks' material, anyway Start The Revolution Without Me is terrific and unforgettble!. Fresh.
    Lucas M Super Reviewer
  • Sep 05, 2010
    This movie may have a silly plot, but it's actually really hilarious, Sutherland and Wilder are great in this movie, and if you're a fan of either of them you'll like this movie. The story is zany, and a lot of fun. I really liked this movie.
    Aj V Super Reviewer
  • Apr 21, 2008
    Gene Wilder is a Genius! Not a great movie but the scenes where Wilder is acting like a crazy asshole make this film entertaing.Sutherland is good,but he is just a sidekick to Wilder.
    cody f Super Reviewer
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