Francis The First

Francis The First

Release Date:  3/25/1947
Country of Release:  France
Length:  90/100 minutes
MPAA:  APPR
Medium:  Video
Genre:  COM
Release Message:  A hypnotist puts a naive stage manager (Fernandel) to sleep and in his dreams he is transplanted to the days of the Renaissance.
Description:  Honorin (Fernandel) 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.