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The Mondesir Heir (1940)

The Mondesir Heir poster
Original title
L'Héritier des Mondésir
Directed by
Albert Valentin
Genre
comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
U
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man unexpectedly becomes the heir to a family fortune. He deals with the quirks and schemes of the relatives around him.

lightheartedplayfulbouncywhimsicalfarcicalcheerfulgentle

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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