Once Upon a Time (French: Il était une fois) is a 1933 French drama film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Gaby Morlay, André Luguet and Andrée Ducret.
It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne.
According to Perret's biographer, critics found that the film, based on a play by Francis de Croisset, "bordered on the conflict between theatre technicians and film studio technicians".
The film features in its cast various actors who reprised the roles they had on stage in the production of the play (Max, Mauloy, Dubosc, Bara) This film adaptation was a lesser success than the play but also than other later screen versions (Molander's and then Cukor's).