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Released
1970 · FILM

Start the Revolution Without Me

Gene Wilder... wilder than ever!

Directed by
Runtime
90 min
ComedyHistory

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.

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Principal cast & crew: 17

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Ferris WebsterShot by Jean TournierScored by John Addison

Also known as

  • Die französische Revolution fand nicht stattde
  • Zwei Haudegen kommen selten alleinde
  • Empiecen la revolución sin míes
  • Commencez la révolution sans nousfr
  • Fate la rivoluzione senza di noiit

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