Education of a Prince (1938 film)

Education of a Prince (French: Éducation de prince) is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Alexander Esway and starring Elvire Popesco, Louis Jouvet and André Alerme. It is based on the 1900 play Education of a Prince by Maurice Donnay which had previously been made into the 1927 silent film of the same title. Screenwriter and future director Henri-Georges Clouzot worked on the script of the remake. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Bijon. It is also known by the alternative title Bargekeeper's Daughter.

Synopsis
The widowed Queen of Silistrie and her young son Prince Sacha lives in impoverished exile in Paris after a revolution in their home country. She scrapes by financially by awarding her various creditors essentially worthless honours and titles. Her son a student, has developed anarchistic ideas and has little interest in monarchy. However the financier Chautard wishes to get his hands on the exclusive rights to the country's large oil reserves. He comes up with the idea of restoring Sacha to his family's lost throne, and hires a man to give the young man "the education of a prince".

Cast

 * Elvire Popesco as La reine de Silistrie
 * Louis Jouvet as 	René Cercleux
 * André Alerme as 	Chautard
 * Fernand Charpin as Honorat
 * Josette Day as Marianne Honorat
 * Robert Lynen as Le prince Sacha
 * Mireille Perrey as 	Gisèle Beryl
 * Geymond Vital as 	Le génral Braoulitch
 * Jean Témerson as 	Hector, le valet de chambre
 * Sylvain Itkine as 	Le professeur Mehara
 * Marcel Barencey as Le général destitué
 * Jean Daurand as 	Le camarade de Marianne
 * Georges Douking as 	Pausanias
 * Pierre Ferval as 	Le maître d'hôtel du Ritz
 * Albert Broquin as Le boucher
 * Alexandre Mihalesco as 	Selim
 * Marguerite de Morlaye as Une dame de la cour