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L’Héritier des Mondésir
FRANCE · 1940

L’Héritier des Mondésir

Jacques Becker
inheritance illegitimate son class transformation romantic love con artists
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Synopsis

Bienaimé, a modest postman, in love with Janine, the village postmistress, does not know that he is the illegitimate son of the old Baron de Mondésir. The Baron dies and in happy amazement, Bienaimé finds he is the sole heir to the deceased's estate. But he should be careful, for two crooks, Waldemar and Erika, are after his newly-acquired wealth.

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