The Last Billionaire

The Last Billionaire
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Directed by	René Clair
Produced by	Bernard Natan
Written by	René Clair
Starring	Max Dearly Marthe Mellot Renée Saint-Cyr
Music by	Maurice Jaubert
Cinematography	Rudolph Maté Louis Née
Edited by	Jean Pouzet Louisette Hautecoeur
Production company	Pathé-Natan
Distributed by	Pathé-Natan
Release dates	17 October 1934
Running time	92 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Last Billionaire (French: Le dernier milliardaire) is a 1934 French comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Max Dearly, Marthe Mellot and Renée Saint-Cyr. The film is based on a fictional small European kingdom which is on the verge of going broke.

It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lucien Aguettand and Lucien Carré. It was the last film Clair made in France until 1947, as he moved to Britain and then the United States.

Cast

• Max Dearly as Banco
• Marthe Mellot as Queen of Casinario
• Renée Saint-Cyr as Princess Isabelle
• Sinoël as Prime Minister
• Charles Redgie as Crown Prince Nicolas
• Marcel Carpentier as Detective Brown
• Paul Ollivier as Chamberlain
• Raymond Cordy as Valet
• José Noguero as Bandleader
• Raymond Aimos as Le mendiant
• Christian Argentin as Le ministre des finances
• Jean Aymé as Un ministre
• Eddy Debray as Un ministre

Bibliography

• Dudley Andrew. Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film. Princeton University Press, 1995.

External links

• The Last Billionaire at IMDb