
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.
Directed by Pierre Chevalier
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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
Alain Morat
Bébert / Sigisbert

Rivers Cadet
Un faux pélerin

André Tomasi
L'aide bourreau

Guy Henry
Un garde de Charibert
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