Bon roi Dagobert, Le 1963

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.

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 

• Good King Dagobert