Si Paris nous etati conte (1956) aka If Paris Were Told to Us DVD-R

Starring Francoise Arnoul, Jeanne Boitel, Gilbert Bokanowski, Julien Carette, Danielle Darrieux
Directed by Sacha Guitry
Print: Color
Runtime: 130 min
Genre: Comedy
Language: French with English subtitles

A witty journey through the history of Paris told to a group of students by Sacha Guitry, from its foundation at the time of Caesar to 1955. Among others you will meet King Charles VII making Agnès Sorel his mistress; you will witness the creation of printing spurred on by King Louis XI; share the life in the Louvres Palace at the time of King François Ier; spend the last night before St Bartholomew's massacre; be horrified by the murder of Henri III by a fanatical monk, watch the abjuration of protestantism by King Henri IV; try to resolve the Man in the Iron Mask enigma; take part in the storming of the Bastille, be present at the execution of King Louis XVI and at the trial of Queen Marie-Antoinette; participate in the Paris Commune, take sides in the Dreyfus affair.