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Le Million ()

Le million (original title)
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An impoverished painter and his rival engage in a race across Paris to recover a jacket concealing a winning lottery ticket.
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Béatrice
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Michel Bouflette
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Prosper (as Louis Allibert)
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Granpère Tulipe
Constantin Siroesco ...
Ambrosio Sopranelli
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Le chauffeur de taxi
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Vanda
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La cantatrice
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Le régisseur (as Pitouto)
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L'épicière
André Michaud ...
Le boucher
Eugène Stuber ...
Le policier
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Le policier
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Le chef d'orchestre
Gabrielle Rosny
Georgette Dalmas
Jean Gaubens
Teddy Michaud
Louis Musy
Georges Zwingel
Édouard Francomme
Franck Maurice ...
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Henri Kerny
Gustave Huberdeau
Allan Durant

Directed by

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René Clair

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Georges Berr ... (play) (as G. Berr) &
Marcel Guillemaud ... (play) (as M. Guillemaud)
 
René Clair ... (written by)

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Armand Bernard
Philippe Parès
Georges Van Parys

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Georges Périnal

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Lazare Meerson

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Georges K. Benda

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Frank Clifford ... production manager

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Georges Lacombe ... assistant director

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Hermann Storr ... sound (as H. Storr)

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Georges Raulet ... camera operator

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Georges Lampin ... administrator

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Plot Summary

Michel, a Parisian artist, is being hounded by numerous impatient creditors. To make things worse, when he is embracing the woman whose portrait he is painting, he is surprised by his indignant fiancée Béatrice. Suddenly, Michel learns that he holds the winning ticket in the Dutch Lottery. But when he goes to retrieve the ticket from the pocket of his jacket, he finds that Béatrice has given the jacket to a stranger who was in need. Now everyone has a keen interest in finding that jacket. Written by Snow Leopard

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Also Known As
  • Le Million (World-wide, English title)
  • The Million (World-wide, English title)
  • Le Million (United States)
  • Le Million (United Kingdom)
  • Die Million (Germany)
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Trivia Pauline Kael, the eminent film critic for The New Yorker, lavished praise on the film, calling it "René Clair at his exquisite best; no one else has ever been able to make a comedy move with such delicate, dreamlike inevitability [...] This movie is lyrical, choreographic, giddy--it's the best French musical of its period." See more »
Movie Connections Featured in A francia lírai realizmus (1989). See more »
Quotes Vanda: That girl seemed annoyed. Is she your girlfriend?
Michel Bouflette: No. No, she's a neighbor. She's a dancer. She's quite nice. But she didn't know I was doing your portrait. It surprised her.
Vanda: You're probably wooing her.
Michel Bouflette: No, no, no. Not at all. We're just sort of engaged.
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