Good King Dagobert
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.
Top Billed 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
Guy Henry
Un garde de Charibert
Pascale Roberts
Mata-Clotilde
Darry Cowl
Le maître- bourreau Richardic
