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François 1er

François 1er

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 17, 1937

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Comedy, Fantasy

User Score

58%

Original Title

François 1er

Production Companies

Les Productions Calamy

Director

Christian-Jaque

Description

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.