Francis the First (1937)
François 1er
Honorin is the simple and naive stage manager of a traveling theatre troupe, whose one ambition is to once play the role of the cavalier in the opera "Francis I, or the Loves of the Beautiful Ferroniere". A hypnotist puts him to sleep and in his dreams he is transplanted to the days of the Renaissance. There, among other items, he is made a Duke by Henri VIII, fights a duel and survives a series of medieval tortures, while also bestowing some 20th century blessings on the court of Francis I.
- Date of release
- 1937-02-17
- TMDB
- 5.7 / 10 (29)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Comedy, Fantasy
- Director
- Christian-Jaque
Casting
- Fernandel — Honorin
- Mona Goya — Elsa / Madeleine Ferron
- Alice Tissot — Madame Cascaroni / Dame Alfredine
- Aimé Simon-Girard — François Ier
- Alexandre Rignault — Henri VIII d'Angleterre
- Henri Bosc — Luigi Cascaroni / Jean Ferron
- Alexandre Mihalesco — Cagliostro
- René Génin — Cascaroni / L'aubergiste
- Henri Valbel — Le Padre
- Charles Lemontier — La Palice
- Jean Marconi — Lautrec
- Paul Delon — Le duc de Montmorency
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