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Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)

PG 90 min  -  Comedy | History  -   14 August 1970 (West Germany)
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Two mismatched sets of identical twins - one aristocrat, one peasant - mistakenly exchange identities on the eve of the French Revolution.

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Bud Yorkin
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gene Wilder ...
Claude / Philippe
Donald Sutherland ...
Charles / Pierre
Hugh Griffith ...
King Louis
Jack MacGowran Jack MacGowran ...
Jacques
Billie Whitelaw Billie Whitelaw ...
Queen Marie
Victor Spinetti Victor Spinetti ...
Ewa Aulin Ewa Aulin ...
Christina
Helen Fraser Helen Fraser ...
Mimi
Rosalind Knight Rosalind Knight ...
Helene de Sisi
Harry Fowler Harry Fowler ...
Marcel
Murray Melvin Murray Melvin ...
Blind Man
Ken Parry Ken Parry ...
Dr. Boileau
Maxwell Shaw Maxwell Shaw ...
Duke de Sisi
Jacques Maury Jacques Maury ...
Lt. Sorel
Graham Stark Graham Stark ...
Andre Coupe
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Storyline

An account of the adventures of two sets of identical twins, badly scrambled at birth, on the eve of the French Revolution. One set is haughty and aristocratic, the other poor and somewhat dim. They find themselves involved in palace intrigues as history happens around them. Based, very loosely, on Dickens's _A Tale of Two Cities_, Dumas's _The Corsican Brothers_, etc. Written by Martin H. Booda <booda@datasync.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Twins | French Revolution | Sensuality | Surrealism | Nudity  | See more »

Genres:

Comedy | History

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

(West Germany) See more »

Also Known As:

Two Times Two See more »

Box Office

Gross:

€224,979 (Spain) (31 August 2002)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

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Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color (Technicolor)
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Trivia

The movie was originally intended to be shot in Czechoslovakia, but the Russian invasion of that country in 1968 forced a change in plans. See more »

Goofs

Anachronisms: Twentieth century buses visible on a bridge in background of swordfight. See more »

Quotes

King Louis XVI: [King Louis and Marie Antoinette appear at a ball, where everyone is dressed in gowns and suits. The king is dressed in a chicken suit] I thought it was a costume ball!
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Connections

Referenced in "Dallas: Start the Revolution with Me (#4.14)" (1981) See more »