The Mondesir Heir (1940)
1h 42m
Running Time
May 7, 1940Release Date
Plot.
Bienaimé, a modest postman, in love with Janine, the village postmistress, does not know that he is the illegitimate son of the old Baron de Mondésir. The Baron dies and in happy amazement, Bienaimé finds he is the sole heir to the deceased's estate. But he should be careful, for two crooks, Waldemar and Erika, are after his newly-acquired wealth.
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Cast & Crew.
Fernandel
Bien-Aimé, le facteur, le baron de Mondésir et ses aïeux
Elvira Popescu
Erika, l'aventurière
Jules Berry
Waldemar, le mage
Félicien Tramel
Le curé
Monette Dinay
Rosette
Jacques Derives
L'ordonnateur
Yves Deniaud
Gaston
Hugues Wanner
Lepetit
Henri Beaulieu
Le colonel
Lucien Dayle
Le notaire
Marfa d'Hervilly
La cliente de Waldemer
Fernand Flament
Martinot
Jean Aurenche
Writer
Frédéric Mariotti
Costecalde
Edmond Ardisson
Justin, Le chauffeur
Simone Gauthier
La première jeune fille du ciel
Pierre Bost
Writer
Édouard Delmont
Firmin, Le majordome des Mondésir
Raoul Ploquin
Producer
Georges Van Parys
Composer
Tramel
Le curé
Ekkehard Kyrath
Cinematographer
Mathilde Alberti
Madame Cassard (uncredited)
Bill Bocket
Le vitrier (uncredited)
Jacques Brunius
Le médecin (uncredited)
Willy Schiller
ProductionDesigner
Ketti Dallan
Ginette (uncredited)
Paul Denneville
Le marchand de cycles (uncredited)
Marthe Derminy
Madame Février-Mars (uncredited)
Drejac
Le fils du marchand (uncredited)
Odile Dufay
Mademoiselle de Picoult (uncredited)
Jacqueline Dufranne
Marguerite (uncredited)
Suzy Flory
La commère (uncredited)
Paul Fournier
Le bistro (uncredited)
Sonia Gobar
Lucette (uncredited)
Philippe Grey
Max (uncredited)
Denise Helia
Gaby (uncredited)
Elyane Herenguel
La deuxième jeune fille du ciel (uncredited)
Anna Lefeuvrier
Irma (uncredited)
Palmyre Levasseur
La patronne du bistro (uncredited)
Jeanne Longuet
Raymonde (uncredited)
Marcelly
L'épicière (uncredited)
Jany Marsa
La voisine (uncredited)
I. Mense
L'ami (uncredited)
Auguste Mouriès
Quatrefages (uncredited)
Léo Mouriès
Madame Costecalde (uncredited)
Robert Ozanne
(uncredited)
Roger Peter
Xavier (uncredited)
Rocca
Le petit vieux (uncredited)
André Saint-Germain
Chabernac (uncredited)
Georges Serrano
(uncredited)
Rita Stoya
Clara (uncredited)
Solange Vallée
Mado (uncredited)
Jacques Valois
Jimmy (uncredited)
Ernest Varial
Le charron (uncredited)
Gaby André
Janine, la postière
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 7, 1940
Original NameL'Héritier des Mondésir
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
Genres
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Wiki.
The Mondesir Heir (French: L'héritier des Mondésir) is a 1940 French-German comedy film directed by Albert Valentin and starring Fernandel, Elvire Popesco and Jules Berry. It was shot in Berlin by the German studio UFA in a co-production arrangement with its own French subsidiary ACE. Made before the Second World War broke out, it was the last of twenty one such productions.
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