Honorin is the simple and naive stage manager of a traveling theatre troupe, whose one ambition is to once play the role of the cavalier in the opera "Francis I, or the Loves of the Beautiful Ferroniere". A hypnotist puts him to sleep and in his dreams he is transplanted to the days of the Renaissance. There, among other items, he is made a Duke by Henri VIII, fights a duel and survives a series of medieval tortures, while also bestowing some 20th century blessings on the court of Francis I.
Fernandel
as Honorin
Mona Goya
as Elsa / Madeleine Ferron
Alice Tissot
as Madame Cascaroni / Dame Alfredine
Aimé Simon-Girard
as François Ier
Alexandre Rignault
as Henri VIII d'Angleterre
Henri Bosc
as Luigi Cascaroni / Jean Ferron
Alexandre Mihalesco
as Cagliostro
René Génin
as Cascaroni / L'aubergiste
Henri Valbel
as Le Padre
Charles Lemontier
as La Palice
Jean Marconi
as Lautrec
Paul Delon
as Le duc de Montmorency
