Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol

Jun 5, 2019

1h 50m

★ 8.0

Overview

The works of Marcel Pagnol are a veritable monument of French cultural heritage. Based on previously unseen archive material, film extracts, novels, plays, interviews and letters, the film pays tribute to the major author and popular filmmaker, who made his life a work and his work a life's project.

Genres

Documentary

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Cast

Self (archive footage)

Marcel Pagnol

Self

Nicolas Pagnol

Narrator (voice)

Fabrice Luchini

Self (archive footage)

Marcel Achard

Cigalon (archive footage)

Alexandre Arnaudy

Monsieur Poirier (archive footage)

Léon Bernard

Self / Antoine / Antonin (archive footage)

Charles Blavette

Self (archive footage)

Marius Brouquier

Galubert (archive footage)

Jean Castan

Self (archive footage)

Raymond Castans

Honoré Panisse / Baptiste Fabre / André Mazel (archive footage)

Fernand Charpin

Self (archive footage)

Maurice Chevalier

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