You Will Be a Duchess

"Tu seras duchesse!" ("You'll Be a Duchess!") With these words, self-made industrialist Poisson orders his daughter Lucie to marry a wealthy Duke. The duke's father objects to the union, whereupon Poisson arranges another marriage for his daughter, this time to an impoverished and sickly young marquis. Poisson's strategy runs something like this: the Marquis is expected to die soon, whereupon the widowed Lucie will become a marquess, and thus a worthy bride for the Duke. But the Marquis foils these plans by staging a miraculous recovery. The explanation? The Marquis and Lucie have been in love all along, and this was the only way that they could wed with Poisson's blessing. Darned clever, these Frenchmen!.

• Release date
• February 12, 1932
• Runtime
• 85 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• René Guissart

Cast

Marie Glory Annette Poisson Fernand Gravey Marquis André de la Cour Pierre Etchepare Duke of Barfleur junior

G

Geneviève Doriane Couquette Pierre Feuillère Léon

P

Paul Clerget Duke of Barfleur senior

J

Jean Gobet Doctor

C

Claude Marty Abbot