TMDb5.7 / 10

Francis the First (1937)

Name: Francis the First
Director: Christian-Jaque
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Released: 1937-02-17
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Fernandel, Mona Goya, Alice Tissot, Aimé Simon-Girard, Alexandre Rignault

100 min · France · Dir. Christian-Jaque

Comedy Fantasy 1937 movies

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.