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Francis the First (1937) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1937 · 100 mins · French
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- Directed by
- Christian-Jaque
- Starring
- Alexandre Rignault, René Génin, Alice Tissot, Henri Bosc, Fernandel, Alexandre Mihalesco
Honorin, a naïve stage manager of a travelling troupe, dreams of playing the cavalier in the opera “Francis I, or the Loves of the Beautiful Ferroniere.” A hypnotist’s spell sends him into Renaissance dreams where Henry VIII makes him a duke, he duels, endures medieval tortures, and amusingly brings 20th‑century ideas to Francis I’s court.
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