Les Cinq Sous de Lavarede (1939)

Genres - Adventure  |   Run Time - 125 min.  |   Countries - France  |  
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson

Filmed during the war, this little-known Fernandel vehicle finally attained an American release in 1951. The star plays Lavarede, an obnoxious braggart and spendthrift who falls heir to his uncle's fortune. But there's a condition to the will: in order to claim his uncle's millions, Lavarede must first spend three months travelling around the world with but five sous to his name. Reportedly, the film ran into censorship problems with the provisional German government. Whatever the case, existing prints of Les Cinq Sous de Lavarde are obviously incomplete, with co-star Josette Day's role sliced into near-nonexistence.

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bragging, inheritance, spendthrift, stipulation, uncle