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Freedom for Us 1931 3 stars

    N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy / Musical
Director: Rene Clair
Cast: Henri Marchand, Raymond Cordy, Paul Ollivier, Andre Michaud, Rolla France, Germaine Aussey, Leon Lorin, William Burke, Vincent Hyspa, Alexander D'Arcy, Jacques Shelly, Albert Broquin, Maximilienne, Eugene Stuber, Marguerite de Morlaye

  This famous anti-capitalist statement starts with two prisoners who become friends. Louis (Raymond Cordy) escapes and becomes an executive at a phonograph factory. When his friend, Emile (Henri Marchand), gets out of jail, he ends up as an assembly-line worker at his friend's factory. The de-humanization of the workers is highlighted with comedic interludes. This is the first non-English speaking film to receive an Oscar nomination (Best Art Direction).

The Million 1931 3 and a half stars

    N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Rene Clair
Cast: Annabella, Rene Lefevre, Paul Ollivier, Jean-Louis Allibert, Constantin Siroesco, Odette Talazac, Vanda Greville, Raymond Cordy

  A Parisian artist (Rene Lefevre) is thrilled when he finds that he has won the Dutch lottery–until he discovers that the jacket into which he put his lottery ticket is missing. Now the chase is on to retrieve the missing jacket. One of Rene Clair's best.

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1. Freedom for Us (1931)
2. The Million (1931)

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