Overview

When bored American billionaire Charles Vanel is amused by the happiness of poor railroad man Nicolas Koline, he offers him a wager: if Koline and his family can spend 20,000 francs a day (about $11,000 in current American money) for a year, then he'll give him a nice pension. The rest of the movie is about the poor man and his family's efforts to win the bet.

Top Cast

Nicolas Koline

Anatole Galupin

Charles Vanel

John Durand

Madeleine Guitty

Ernestine Galupin

Hélène Darly

Anna Galupin

Louis Vonelly

Le secrétaire

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Alexej Bondireff

J

J.N. Douvan-Tarzow

Louis Monfils

Andrée Standart