His Excellency Antonin (French: Son excellence Antonin) is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Charles-Félix Tavano and starring Raymond Cordy, Josette Day and Robert Pizani.Bessy & Chirat p.82Crisp p.405 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys.
Synopsis Antonin, a lowly dishwasher working at a grand hotel, wins seven million francs on the lottery. Suddenly he is feted by his colleagues and his manager throws a party in his honour and wishes him to marry his daughter. A baron staying at the hotel educates Antonin in stylish manners. Three different people claim to be Antonin's long-lost father in order to get a share of the money. In despair, Antonin announces he has lost the ticket. At once his new friends all abandon him and only Betty a maid at the hotel stays with him.
Cast Raymond Cordy as Antonin Josette Day as Betty Robert Pizani as le baron André Berley as le propriétaire de l'hôtel Jeanne Helbling as l'intrigante Thérèse Kolb as la mère Germaine Reuver as la patronne Sylvia Bataille
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Bibliography Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986. Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002. Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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