Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol (2019)

8.0/10 110 min Documentary

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.

Cast

Marcel Pagnol

Self (archive footage)

Nicolas Pagnol

Self

Fabrice Luchini

Narrator (voice)

Marcel Achard

Self (archive footage)

Alexandre Arnaudy

Cigalon (archive footage)

Léon Bernard

Monsieur Poirier (archive footage)

Charles Blavette

Self / Antoine / Antonin (archive footage)

Fernand Charpin

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

Maurice Chevalier

Self (archive footage)

René Clair

Self (archive footage)

Raimu

Self / C. Olivier / A. Castanier / ... (archive footage)

Pierre Tchernia

Self / Interviewer (archive footage)

Tino Rossi

Franz Schubert (archive footage)

Robert Vattier

Self / Brun / Astruc / Monsieur Belloiseau (archive footage)

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