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.[1] The film is based on a fictional small European kingdom which is on the verge of going broke.

The Last Billionaire
Directed byRené Clair
Written byRené Clair
Produced byBernard Natan
StarringMax Dearly
Marthe Mellot
Renée Saint-Cyr
CinematographyRudolph Maté
Louis Née
Edited byJean Pouzet
Louisette Hautecoeur
Music byMaurice Jaubert
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Distributed byPathé-Natan
Release date
  • 17 October 1934 (1934-10-17)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

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.

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