Francis the First (1937)

5.7/10 100 min Comedy Fantasy

Overview

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.

Cast

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

Nicolas Amato

Le chevalier Bayard

Jacques Vitry

Le héraut

Paul Faivre

Un seigneur

Albert Broquin

Le marchand de sucettes

Janine Guise

Maria

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