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Le Million

You MUST see it to know how indescribably clever and enormously "smart" a movie CAN be!

6.8

1931•1h 23m

Debt-ridden painter Michel is overcome with joy at discovering that he has just won 1 million florins in the Dutch lottery, but almost immediately, he discovers that his softhearted girlfriend, Béatrice, has given away his jacket containing the winning ticket to an elderly petty thief. Soon Michel, Beatrice and Michel's artistic rival, Prosper, are hurtling through the streets of Paris on the trail of the missing jacket.

Cast

Photo of René Lefèvre

René Lefèvre

Michel Bouflette

Photo of Annabella

Annabella

Béatrice

Photo of Jean-Louis Allibert

Jean-Louis Allibert

Prosper

Photo of Paul Ollivier

Paul Ollivier

Père La Tulipe

Photo of Vanda Gréville

Vanda Gréville

Vanda

Photo of Constantin Siroesco

Constantin Siroesco

Ambrosio Sopranelli

Photo of Raymond Cordy

Raymond Cordy

Le chauffeur de taxi

Photo of Odette Talazac

Odette Talazac

La cantatrice

Photo of Pedro Elviro

Pedro Elviro

Le régisseur (as Pitouto)

Photo of Jane Pierson

Jane Pierson

L'épicière

Photo of André Michaud

André Michaud

Le boucher

Photo of Eugène Stuber

Eugène Stuber

Le policier

Photo of Pierre Alcover

Pierre Alcover

Le policier

Photo of Armand Bernard

Armand Bernard

Le chef d'orchestre

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