Francis the First (French: François Premier) is a 1937 French historical comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Fernandel, Mona Goya and Alexandre Rignault.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Pierre Schild.

Honorin is the stage manager at a theatre featuring a play set during the reign of Francis I.

When an actor is indisposed, he has to step into his role and suffers badly from stage fright.

A colleague attempts to use hypnotism to calm his nerves, but instead he falls into a trance and transported several hundred years back in time.