The Mondesir Heir (French: L'héritier des Mondésir) is a 1940 French-German comedy film directed by Albert Valentin and starring Fernandel, Elvire Popesco and Jules Berry. It was shot in Berlin by the German studio UFA in a co-production arrangement with its own French subsidiary ACE. Made before the Second World War broke out, it was the last of twenty one such productions.[1]

The Mondesir Heir
Film poster
Directed byAlbert Valentin
Written byJean Aurenche
Lucien Guidice
Pierre Bost
Produced byRaoul Ploquin
Dietrich von Theobald
StarringFernandel
Elvire Popesco
Jules Berry
CinematographyEkkehard Kyrath
Edited byHenri Taverna
Music byGeorges Van Parys
Production
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L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne
UFA
Distributed byL'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne
Release date
  • 1 May 1940 (1940-05-01)
Running time
102 minutes
CountriesFrance
Germany
LanguageFrench

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References

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  1. ^ Fiss p.136

Bibliography

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  • Fiss, Karen. Grand Illusion: The Third Reich, the Paris Exposition, and the Cultural Seduction of France. University of Chicago Press, 2009.
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