Fanny

Fanny

Part of Marcel Pagnol's Marseille Trilogy

1932•2h 7m•7.5/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.5/10(78)

Soon after Marius's departure, Fanny learns that she is pregnant with his child, to the disappointment of her mother and of Marius's father, César. To secure a better life for her unborn child, she accepts a marriage proposal from the aging widower Honoré Panisse.

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Production

Les Films Marcel Pagnol

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Orane Demazis

Orane Demazis

Fanny Cabanis Panisse

Raimu

Raimu

César Olivier

Fernand Charpin

Fernand Charpin

Honoré Panisse

Alida Rouffe

Alida Rouffe

Honorine Cabanis

Auguste Mouriès

Félix Escartefigue, ferry captain

Marcel Maupi

Marcel Maupi

Innocent Mangiapan, ferry crewman

Robert Vattier

Robert Vattier

Monsieur Brun

Milly Mathis

Milly Mathis

Claudine Foulon

Pierre Fresnay

Pierre Fresnay

Marius Olivier

Odette Roger

Fortunette

Louis Boulle

Elzear Panisse

Édouard Delmont

Édouard Delmont

Dr. Felicien Venelle (uncredited)

André Gide

(uncredited)

Pierre Prévert

Pierre Prévert

Un voyageur du tramway (uncredited)

Annie Toinon

Annie Toinon

Amélie (uncredited)

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