Francis the First (1937)
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- Approved
- 1h 40min
- Comedy, Fantasy
- 25 Mar 1947 (USA)
- Movie
Honorin (Fernandel) 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...
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| Fernandel | ... |
Honorin
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| Mona Goya | ... |
Elsa / Madeleine Ferron
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| Alexandre Rignault | ... |
Henri VIII
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| Henri Bosc | ... |
Luigi Cascaroni / Jean Ferron
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| Aimé Simon-Girard | ... |
François 1er
(as Aimé Simon Girard)
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| Alice Tissot | ... |
Madame Cascaroni / Dame Alfredine
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| Charles Lemontier | ... |
La Palice
(as Lemontier)
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| Alexandre Mihalesco | ... |
Cagliostro
(as Mihalesco)
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Sinoël | ... |
Le Fantôme
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| René Génin | ... |
Cascaroni / L'aubergiste
(as Génin)
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Henri Valbel | ... |
Le Padre
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Paul Delon | ... |
Duc de Montmorency
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| Jean Marconi | ... |
Lautrec
(as Marconi)
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Nicolas Amato | ... |
Le Chevalier Bayard
(as Amato)
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Jacques Vitry | ... |
Le Héraut
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Jeanne Lamy | ... |
Duchesse de Montmorency
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Claire Saint-Hilaire | ... |
Madame de Monchenut
(as Claire St. Hilaire)
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Albert Broquin | ... |
Le marchand de sucettes (uncredited)
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Paul Faivre | ... |
Un seigneur (uncredited)
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Pierre Ferval | ... |
Un forain (uncredited)
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Janine Guise | ... |
Maria (uncredited)
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Teddy Michaud | ... |
Le bourreau (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Christian-Jaque | ... | (as Christian Jaque) |
Written by
| Paul Fékété | ... | (story, screenplay and dialogue) |
Produced by
| Jules Calamy | ... | producer |
Music by
| René Sylviano | ... | (as Sylviano) |
Cinematography by
| Marcel Lucien | ... | (as Lucien) |
Editing by
| André Versein | ... | (as Versein) |
Production Design by
| Pierre Schild | ... | (as Schild) |
Art Direction by
| Pierre Schild | ... | (as Schild) |
Production Management
| Danis | ... | unit production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| François Carron | ... | assistant director |
| Jean Manse | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Jacques Hawadier | ... | sound engineer (as Hawadier) |
Special Effects by
| Paul Minine | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
| Nicolas Wilcké | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| André Germain | ... | camera operator (as Germain) |
| Ganzli Walter | ... | assistant camera (as Walter) |
| Léo Mirkine | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Productions Calamy (presents)
Distributors
- Gray-Film (1937) (France) (theatrical)
- Belga Films (1937) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Standard Films (1948) (Belgium) (theatrical) (reissue)
- France 3 (1979) (France) (tv) (as FR3)
- Les Films Vog (1947) (United States) (subtitled)
- TV5Monde (2012) (Japan) (tv) (subtitled)
- Telewizja Polska (TVP) - I Program (1957) (Poland) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Optiphone (sound post-production)
- Caméréclair Radio (sound post-production)
- Gaumont-Franco Film-Aubert (G.F.F.A) (studio: Paris)
- Éclair-Tirage (laboratory)
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Honorin (Fernandel) 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.
Written by Les Adams |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The most popular French comedy film from the period before WWII, Francois Ier was frequently revived up through the 1960s and repeated on TV. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Sacha Guitry (1965). See more » |