The Last Billionaire
The Last Billionaire | |
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Directed by | René Clair |
Written by | René Clair |
Produced by | Bernard Natan |
Starring | Max Dearly Marthe Mellot Renée Saint-Cyr |
Cinematography | Rudolph Maté Louis Née |
Edited by | Jean Pouzet Louisette Hautecoeur |
Music by | Maurice Jaubert |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Pathé-Natan |
Release date | 17 October 1934 |
Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
The Last Billionaire (French: Le dernier milliardaire) is a 1934 French comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Max Dearly, Marthe Mellot and Renée Saint-Cyr.[1] The film is based on a fictional small European kingdom which is on the verge of going broke.
It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lucien Aguettand and . It was the last film Clair made in France until 1947, as he moved to Britain and then the United States.
Cast[]
- Max Dearly as Banco
- Marthe Mellot as Queen of Casinario
- Renée Saint-Cyr as Princess Isabelle
- Sinoël as Prime Minister
- Charles Redgie as Crown Prince Nicolas
- as Detective Brown
- Paul Ollivier as Chamberlain
- Raymond Cordy as Valet
- José Noguero as Bandleader
- Raymond Aimos as Le mendiant
- Christian Argentin as Le ministre des finances
- as Un ministre
- as Un ministre
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Dudley Andrew. Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film. Princeton University Press, 1995.
External links[]
Categories:
- French-language films
- 1934 films
- French films
- 1934 comedy films
- 1930s French-language films
- French black-and-white films
- Films directed by René Clair
- French comedy films
- Pathé films
- Films shot at Joinville Studios
- 1930s French film stubs
- 1930s comedy film stubs