

Le Million
You MUST see it to know how indescribably clever and enormously "smart" a movie CAN be!
Comedy
Music
Overview
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.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
1931-02-04
Runtime:
1h 23m
Director:
René Clair
Writer:
René Clair
Top Cast

René Lefèvre
Michel Bouflette

Annabella
Béatrice

Jean-Louis Allibert
Prosper

Paul Ollivier
Père La Tulipe

Vanda Gréville
Vanda

Constantin Siroesco
Ambrosio Sopranelli

Raymond Cordy
Le chauffeur de taxi

Odette Talazac
La cantatrice

Pedro Elviro
Le régisseur (as Pitouto)

Jane Pierson
L'épicière

André Michaud
Le boucher

Eugène Stuber
Le policier
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