Overview

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.

Genres

Cast

Fernandel

M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert

Gino Cervi

Saint Éloi

Darío Moreno

Charibert

Marthe Mercadier

Mme Pelletan / Gomatrude

Jean Tissier

Le grand connétable

Michel Galabru

Pépin

Pierre Doris

Césaric la Crapule

Georges Lycan

L'espion de grande taille

Henri Virlogeux

L'instituteur

Max Amyl

Le père supérieur

Rivers Cadet

Un faux pélerin

André Tomasi

L'aide bourreau