Monseigneur is a 1949 French drama film directed by Roger Richebé and starring Fernand Ledoux, Bernard Blier and Nadia Gray. 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.
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Fernand Ledoux as Piétrefond
Bernard Blier as Louis Mennechain
Nadia Gray as La duchesse de Lémoncourt
Yves Deniaud as Bellare
Marion Tourès as Anna
Paul Frankeur as Le forain
Gabriel Gobin as Tatave
Jeanne Lion as Mme de Ponthieux
Paul Faivre as Le général de Lormaux
Richard Francoeur as Le maître d'hôtel
Georges Tourreil as Le marquis
Léon Walther as Le majordome
Maurice Escande as Le duc de Saint Germain
References
Bibliography
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.