Raimu
Raimu was the stage name for the French actor Jules Auguste Muraire (18 December 1883 – 20 September 1946). He is most famous for playing César in the Marseilles trilogy (Marius, Fanny and César).
The Baker's Wife
as Aimable CastanierIn this little Provencal village, a new baker, Aimable, settles down. His wife Aurelie is...
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Marius
as César OllivierCésar runs a bar along Marseilles' port, assisted by his 23 year old son, Marius. Colorful...
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Fanny
as César OlivierPicking up moments after the end of Marius, this film follows Fanny’s grief after Marius’s...
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Life Dances On
as Francois PatussetAfter the death of her husband, Christine realizes she has possibly wasted her life by marrying...
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César
as César OllivierHonoré Panisse is dying, cheerfully, with friends, wife, and son at his side. He confesses to...
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The Well-Digger's Daughter
as Pascal AmorettiA rural maiden's two suitors go off to war, leaving her pregnant.
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The Strange Monsieur Victor
as Victor AgardanneOutwardly, Monsieur Victor would appear to be the model citizen. A respectable Toulon...
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The Pearls of the Crown
as L'industriel du midiThe story of the seven pearls of the English Crown, from Henry VIII to 1937 – three of them missing.
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Immortal France
as Uncle Jules FromentThe story of how the people of Paris cope with the strains and struggles of war, from the siege...
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Strangers in the House
as Maître Hector LoursatLoursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole in a sinister and vast bourgeois residence....
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The Eternal Husband
as Nicolas PavlovitchAn adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Le Eternel Mari", a somber story of marital infidelity,...
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Little Nothings
as CharpillonFollowing a broadcast on the radio, each of the listeners remembers these "little nothings" (the...
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Parade in 7 Nights
as Vicar MaffreIn the pound, Pipo the dog recounts his adventures to his fellow inmates.
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Midnight in Paris
as Antonin Ramatuel / Monsieur La SourisOn a rainy night, eccentric tramp Mr. La Souris finds a corpse. But the body soon vanishes in...
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The Benefactor
as Monsieur MoulinetA kind and generous village noble, specializing in good works, actually leads a double existence...
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Tartarin of Tarascon
as Tartarin de TarasconTartarin is the local hero in the small provincial town of Tarascon. He shows off about...
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Colonel Chabert
as Colonel Hyacinthe ChabertThe story of a French officer who is assumed dead during the Napoleonic Wars, but returns ten...
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The Kings of Sport
as ActeurJules and Fernand are two boys from the Café des sports in Marseille who take part in their...
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Fun in the Barracks
as Le capitaine HurluretThe life of disorderly soldiers in the barracks dealing with daily routines.
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Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
as Self / C. Olivier / A. Castanier / ... (archive footage)The works of Marcel Pagnol are a veritable monument of French cultural heritage. Based on...
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Ces messieurs de la Santé
as Gédéon - Jules TaffardBanker Jules Taffard, a true financier, is a shrewd money-handler. Imprisoned for an alleged...
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Confessions of a Newlywed
as Jules PapillotA timid young man marries the daughter of the entomologist he works for. On the train for their...
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Gribouille
as Camille MorestanCamille Morestan serves as a jury member at a court in Paris. The attractive Natalie Roguin is...
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Armchair 47
as Juste Auguste TheillardA young man marries the daughter of a famous actress, but is visibly more attracted to his...
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Let's Make a Dream
as Le MariA husband who has just cheated on his wife returns home in the early morning, puzzled. He finds...
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Black and White
as Marcel DesnoyersA one-night stand with an entertainer threatens to destroy a woman's marriage after she gives...
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The Duel
as Père BolèneA widow is loved by a doctor whose brother, an ecclesiastic unconsciously in love with the young...
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Mam'zelle Nitouche
as Célestin / FloridorCélestin, the organist of a convent, has written and composed a light operetta under the name of...
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Hoboes in Paradise
as BouleIn a Provençal village, two jolly good fellows, Boule and Pons, decide to dress as Saint Anthony...
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Dawn Over France
as SamplanThe gratuitous murder of his father and the misery of the people, aggravated by a succession of...
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The Man Who Seeks the Truth
as Jean VernetJean Vernet, an unselfish banker, feels fine : he has a charming mistress, Jacqueline ; a...
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The King
as M. BourdierKing John IV of Cerdania, who knows monarchs are a vanishing race but who plays his royalty role...
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School for Coquettes
as LabaumeGinette, a Parisian seamstress, lives poorly but happily with her musician lover. When Count la...
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The Twins of Brighton
as Beaugérard père et les deux fils AchilleSlapstick inheritance comedy based on the confusion between twin brothers, both played by the...
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Last Desire
as CesareCaesar, a senior French colonist returned home after many years of absence, knows a girl,...
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Cocoanut
as Loulou BarbentaneA small town gentleman learns that his prim and proper wife was once a showgirl, and that, even...
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The New Rich
as LegendreThe workers Legendre and Martinet have won a large sum in the national lottery. Instead of...
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L'Arlésienne
as MarcIn the Camargue a local young playboy named Frédéri falls in love with a young woman from Arles....
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Heroes of the Marne
as Bernard LefrançoisBernard Lefrancois is a prosperous farmer on the River Marne, while his neighbor is...
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I Have an Idea
as Aubrey HarringtonAubrey is a debt-ridden man. One day, he has the idea of faking his death and taking on the...
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Monsieur Brotonneau
as uncreditedA man leaves his adulterous wife for his secretary, but then the wife apologizes and wants her...
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Second Childhood
as GeorgesMiddle-aged Georges of the "old school" who offers shelter and comfort to Marcelle. Despite his...
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The Chocolate Girl
as Félicien BédarrideA bureaucratic civil servant is annoyed by the spoiled daughter of a rich chocolate maker, but...
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The Secret of Polichinelle
as Mr. JouvenelSecret de Polichinelle roughly translates as Open Secret. The "secret" in question is an...
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Godasse Fumiste
as uncreditedA bourgeois couple, noticing a smoke leak in their heating system, called on Godasse to repair...
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Midnight, Place Pigalle
as Monsieur ProsperAfter retiring as a butler in a nightclub where he made his fortune, Prosper decides to return...
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