The Mondesir Heir (1940)
L'Héritier des Mondésir
Bienaimé, a modest postman, in love with Janine, the village postmistress, does not know that he is the illegitimate son of the old Baron de Mondésir. The Baron dies and in happy amazement, Bienaimé finds he is the sole heir to the deceased's estate. But he should be careful, for two crooks, Waldemar and Erika, are after his newly-acquired wealth.
- Date of release
- 1940-05-07
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Albert Valentin
Casting
- Fernandel — Bien-Aimé, le facteur, le baron de Mondésir et ses aïeux
- Elvira Popescu — Erika, l'aventurière
- Jules Berry — Waldemar, le mage
- Félicien Tramel — Le curé
- Monette Dinay — Rosette
- Jacques Derives — L'ordonnateur
- Yves Deniaud — Gaston
- Hugues Wanner — Lepetit
- Henri Beaulieu — Le colonel
- Lucien Dayle — Le notaire
- Marfa d'Hervilly — La cliente de Waldemer
- Fernand Flament — Martinot
Interesting facts
The Mondesir Heir is a 1940 French-German comedy film directed by Albert Valentin and starring Fernandel, Elvire Popesco and Jules Berry. It was shot in Berlin by the German studio UFA in a co-production arrangement with its own French subsidiary ACE. Made before the Second World War broke out, it was the last of twenty one such productions.
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