''Good King Dagobert'' (French title: ''Le Bon Roi Dagobert''; in Italian: ''Dagobert'') is a 1984 French-Italian film directed by Dino Risi.

Plot

The film is inspired by a popular song against the French monarchy, created during the

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. The song was about how the king was unable to do anything without his royal advisor Eloy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqKjdSjNgRU During the 7th century, the lazy and messy King Dagobert I goes to

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for forgiveness of his sins of revelry and fornication. But Dagobert does not know that the pope, while he was traveling, was replaced in a conspiracy by a doppelganger. The replacement is a crude and rude man, even more stupid than Dagobert.

Cast

* Coluche - Dagobert I *

Michel Serrault Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 – 29 July 2007) was a French stage and film actor who appeared from 1954 until 2007 in more than 130 films. Life and career His first professional job was in a touring production in Germany of Molière's ''Les ...

- Otarius * Ugo Tognazzi - Pope Honorius and his look-alike *

Carole Bouquet Carole Bouquet (born 18 August 1957) is a French actress who has appeared in more than 60 films since 1977. In 1990, she was awarded the César Award for Best Actress for her role in ''Too Beautiful for You''. She was the face of Chanel No. 5 f ...

- Héméré * Isabella Ferrari - Chrodilde *

Michael Lonsdale Michael Edward Lonsdale-Crouch (24 May 1931 – 21 September 2020), commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes named as Michel Lonsdale, was a French actor and author who appeared in over 180 films and television shows. He is best know ...

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* Venantino Venantini - Demetrius, merchant * Karin Mai - Nanthild, the Queen * Francesco Scali - Landek * Antonio Vezza - Rutilius *

Sabrina Siani Sabrina Siani (born Sabrina Seggiani in Rome, 1963) is an Italian film actress. She also used pseudonyms such as Sabrina Sellers and Sabrina Syan. She starred in numerous films, mostly violent cannibal films and sexy barbarian "sword-and-sandal" m ...

- Berthilde * Marcello Bonini Olas -

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, the Emperor of Byzance * Isabella Dandolo - Alpaide * Federica Paccosi - Ragnetrude * Gea Martire - Philliria

External links

* French biographical films 1984 films Films directed by Dino Risi Films set in the 7th century Italian biographical films Films scored by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis Gaumont Film Company films 1980s French films 1980s Italian films {{1980s-France-film-stub