Monseigneur is a 1949 French drama film directed by Roger Richebé and starring Fernand Ledoux, Bernard Blier and Nadia Gray.[1] [2] It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss.

Monseigneur
Directed byRoger Richebé
Written byPierre Lestringuez
Roger Richebé
Carlo Rim
Based onMonseigneur by Jean Martet
Produced byPierre Lestringuez
Roger Richebé
StarringFernand Ledoux
Bernard Blier
Nadia Gray
CinematographyPhilippe Agostini
Edited byYvonne Martin
Music byHenri Verdun
Production
company
Les Films Roger Richebé
Distributed byLes Films Roger Richebé
Release date
  • 16 December 1949 (1949-12-16)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

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Piétrefond, a historian, claims to have discovered in the archives that a humble locksmith Louis Mennechain is really descendant of the guillotined monarch of France Louis XVI. Louis is taken up by an attractive duchess and her friends, and begins to become dazzled before his new status. Piétrefond reveals to him that the whole thing is really a scam to make money, and Louis returns to his fiancée Anna and his previous existence. Yet doubts continue in his mind about his possible royal heritage.

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References

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  1. ^ Rège p.179
  2. ^ Oscherwitz & Higgins p.374

Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
  • Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen . The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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