Mr. Pelletan's rascal son Bébert son got another F for playing in class. His punishment is an essay on the Merovingian king Dagobert. All they know is he had eight wives and reunited Francia. The ignorant knave's irreverent imagination turns that into a harem and a ludicrous war without armies, loaded with anachronisms, in a race against rival king Charibert for the crown of Reims. The king's right hand, archbishop Eloi, the later patrons saint of carpentry, is portrayed as an inventor.
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Fernandel
M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
Known for
The Little World of Don Camillo
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Gino Cervi
Saint Éloi
Known for
The Little World of Don Camillo
Becket
Darío Moreno
Charibert
Known for
The Wages of Fear
Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece
Marthe Mercadier
Mme Pelletan / Gomatrude
Known for
Girls in Uniform
Jean Tissier
Le grand connétable
Known for
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
...And God Created Woman
Michel Galabru
Pépin
Known for
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Pierre Doris
Césaric la Crapule
Also in
La Maison des bois
The Story of a Three-Day Pass
Georges Lycan
L'espion de grande taille
Known for
Red Sun
Triple Cross
Henri Virlogeux
L'instituteur
Known for
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
The Sucker
Max Amyl
Le père supérieur
Known for
The Dominici Affair
The Restroom Robbery
Alain Morat
Bébert / Sigisbert
Also in
Les enquiquineurs
Vacaciones para Ivette
Rivers Cadet
Un faux pélerin
Also in
Topaze
Lidoire
Pierre Chevalier Director · Gérard Carlier Writer Jean Manse Writer
United States release December 20, 1963 · Produced in France · Original title Le Bon Roi Dagobert
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France
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Original title
Le Bon Roi Dagobert
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · November 20, 1963
Theatrical
United States · December 20, 1963
Theatrical
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