François 1er (1937)

Comedy
Fantasy

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

Honorin
Elsa / Madeleine Ferron
Le duc de Montmorency
Le chevalier Bayard
Le héraut
Un seigneur
Le bourreau
Le marchand de sucettes
Madame de Monchenut
Madame Cascaroni / Dame Alfredine
La duchesse de Montmorency
le fantôme
François Ier
Henri VIII d'Angleterre
Luigi Cascaroni / Jean Ferron
Cascaroni / L'aubergiste

Crew