
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.
M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert

Saint Éloi

Charibert

Mme Pelletan / Gomatrude

Le grand connétable

Pépin

Césaric la Crapule

L'espion de grande taille

L'instituteur

Le père supérieur

Bébert / Sigisbert
Un faux pélerin

L'aide bourreau

Un garde de Charibert

Mata-Clotilde

Le maître- bourreau Richardic
