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In the final chapter of The Marseille Trilogy, Marcel Pagnol returns his compassionate gaze to his weathered characters as they discover the possibility of reconciliation and the durability of love. Leaping forward twenty years, the trilogy continues with the death of Fanny’s husband, Panisse, and the discovery of her secret by her son, Césariot. The young man resolves to track down his biological father, Marius, whose life has been fraught with calamity and poverty. The only film in the trilogy written expressly for the screen and directed by Pagnol, César resolves the protagonists’ star-crossed destinies with the garrulous wit and understated naturalism that have made this epic love story a landmark of humanist filmmaking.
Original Release
01/01/1936
US Release
01/01/1936
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Raimu | César Ollivier |
Pierre Fresnay | Marius Ollivier |
Fernand Charpin | Honoré Panisse |
Orane Demazis | Fanny Cabanis / Fanny Panisse |
Paul Dullac | Félix Escartefigue |
Robert Vattier | Aldebert Brun / Mr. Brun |
Marcel Maupi | Innocent Mangiapan |
Édouard Delmont | Le docteur Felicien Venelle / Le docteur Félicien Venelle |
Milly Mathis | Tante Claudine Foulon |
Thommeray | Elzéar Bonnegrâce - le curé de Saint Victor / Elzéar Bonnegrâce, le curé de Saint Victor |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Raimu | César Ollivier |
Pierre Fresnay | Marius Ollivier |
Fernand Charpin | Honoré Panisse |
Orane Demazis | Fanny Cabanis / Fanny Panisse |
Paul Dullac | Félix Escartefigue |
Robert Vattier | Aldebert Brun / Mr. Brun |
Marcel Maupi | Innocent Mangiapan |
Édouard Delmont | Le docteur Felicien Venelle / Le docteur Félicien Venelle |
Milly Mathis | Tante Claudine Foulon |
Thommeray | Elzéar Bonnegrâce - le curé de Saint Victor / Elzéar Bonnegrâce, le curé de Saint Victor |
Jean Castan | L'enfant de choeur / L'enfant de chœur |
Robert Bassac | Pierre Dromard |
Alida Rouffe | Honorine Cabanis |
Rellys | L'employé de Panisse / L'employé de M. Panisse |
Charblay | Henri - le patron du bar de Toulon |
Albert Spanna | Le facteur |
Odette Roger | La servante de l'hôtel |
Doumel | Fernand - l'associé de Marius / Fernand, Marius' silent partner |
André Fouché | Césariot Panisse / Cesariot Panisse |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Marcel Pagnol | Producer |