The read
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
49 audience votes
Key crew
- Bud YorkinDirector
- Fred FreemanWriter
- Lawrence J. CohenWriter
- John AddisonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gene WilderClaude / Philippe
- Donald SutherlandCharles / Pierre
- Hugh GriffithKing Louis
- Jack MacGowranJacques
- Billie WhitelawQueen Marie
- Victor SpinettiDuke d'Escargot
- Ewa AulinChristina
- Helen FraserMimi
- Rosalind KnightHelene de Sisi
- Harry FowlerMarcel
- Murray MelvinBlind Man
- Ken ParryDr. Boileau
Stills
Themes
french revolutiontwinscomedy of errors