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Bookmark this pageLe Million (1931)
Director: René Clair
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From Time Out Film Guide
Classic early René Clair, this is the one about a hunt for a lost lottery ticket which ends in a football scrimmage on an opera stage, foresh adowing A Night at the Opera. It features asynchronous sound and other experimental devices of the time. Luckily it's lively enough to survive the worst textbook bromides: the playing, the delightful music, and the dialogue (half-sung, half-spoken) all mesh together in a way no one but Clair ever quite matched.Author: GB
Cast & crew
Director: René Clair
Producer: Frank Clifford
Cast: René Lefèvre, Annabella, Louis Allibert, Vanda Gréville, Paul Ollivier, Odette Talazac, Raymond Cordy full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 89 mins
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