Trivia / Delusions of Grandeur

• Actor-Shared Background:
  • Louis de Funès plays a grandee of Spain while he was himself of Spanish aristocracy descent, through his mother.
  • One of the actors playing the Grandees of Spain was an actual Spanish aristocrat, Jaime de Mora y Aragón.
• The Cast Showoff: Yves Montand, who plays Blaze, was primarily a singer before he ventured into actingf, and he gets to show off his voice to serenade the Queen. And his flamenco dancing skills too.
• Fake Nationality:
  • Semi-averted with Louis de Funès. While he was born in France and had French nationality, both of his parents were Spanish (his full name was Louis de Funès de Galarza).
  • Yves Montand was French (Italian-born) and played a Spaniard.
• Production Posse: The penultimate film Louis de Funès made under the direction of Gérard Oury after The Sucker, La Grande Vadrouille and before The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob. Save for The Sucker, Danièle Thompson (Oury's daughter) co-wrote all of them.
• What Could Have Been: Bourvil (de Funès' costar in Le Corniaud and La Grande Vadrouille) was originally cast as Blaze, but died before filming began, and Yves Montand replaced him.

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