100 minutes
2/17/1937
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.
Fernandel
as Honorin
Mona Goya
as Elsa / Madeleine Ferron
Alice Tissot
as Madame Cascaroni / Dame Alfredine
Aimé Simon-Girard
as François Ier
Alexandre Rignault
as Henri VIII d'Angleterre
Henri Bosc
as Luigi Cascaroni / Jean Ferron
Alexandre Mihalesco
as Cagliostro
René Génin
as Cascaroni / L'aubergiste
Henri Valbel
as Le Padre
Charles Lemontier
as La Palice
Jean Marconi
as Lautrec
Paul Delon
as Le duc de Montmorency
Nicolas Amato
as Le chevalier Bayard
Jacques Vitry
as Le héraut
Paul Faivre
as Un seigneur
Pierre Ferval
as Un forain
Teddy Michaud
as Le bourreau
Albert Broquin
as Le marchand de sucettes
Janine Guise
as Maria
Claire Saint-Hilaire
as Madame de Monchenut
Jeanne Lamy
as La duchesse de Montmorency
Sinoël
as le fantôme