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Le Roi (1949)

Le Roi poster
Directed by
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
Genre
comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comic mix-up occurs when a king and a commoner switch places. The film follows the resulting humorous situations as each man navigates the other's life.

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What happens

The King (French: Le roi) is a 1949 French comedy film directed by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon and starring Maurice Chevalier, Annie Ducaux and Sophie Desmarets. It is a remake of the 1936 film The King. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Guy de Gastyne and Paul-Louis Boutié. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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