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The Club of Aristocrats (French: Le club des aristocrates) is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Pierre Colombier and starring Jules Berry, Elvire Popesco and André Lefaur. [1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier .
Set in the 18th century at the decadent court of Versailles, where social status can rise and fall based on one's ability to mete out witty insults and avoid ridicule oneself, the film's plot examines the social injustices of late 18th-century France, in showing the corruption and callousness of the aristocrats.
Set in 1789 before the French Revolution, the film begins with the king and the nobles ruling in excess while the people starve. When the ordinary man is on the brink or dies of starvation, the aristocrats view food as a way to kill time. Just the educated gourmets, they themselves, are able to enjoy the food – as it should be enjoyed.
Pages in category "18th-century French nobility" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Pages in category "Biographical films about French royalty" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
D. D'Aubert family; House of Dampierre; Jean-Marie de Bancalis de Maurel, marquis d'Aragon; Louis de Cardevac, marquis d'Havrincourt; Pineton de Chambrun family
He was the son of Jean-Frédéric de la Tour du Pin-Gouvernet, a French Minister of War. Following her marriage, she was given her mother's place as an honorary or apprentice lady-in-waiting ( Dame du Palais surnuméraire ) to Marie Antoinette , Queen of France, and served as such every sunday from 1787 until the outbreak of the French ...
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