Monsieur Fabre
Monsieur Fabre (Mr Fabre) is a 90-minute black and white French film comedy from 1951, directed by Henri Diamant-Berger and produced by Diamant-Berger and Walter Futter.[1] It was on 35mm film, in 1,37:1 format, with monophonic sound. It was released in France on 5 July 1951.
Plot
It centres on the life of the entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre and his total devotion to studying insect behavior, travelling from Avignon to Paris, from Paris to his death in Sérignan. He is honoured by the French president Raymond Poincaré and his patience, obstinacy and knowledge are also recognised by Napoleon III, the publisher Charles Delagrave and the philosopher John Stuart Mill. They reach their climax in his book, Souvenirs entomologiques.
Crew
- Director : Henri Diamant-Berger
- Screenplay : Henri Diamant-Berger and Jack Kirkland
- Adaptation and dialogue : Henri Diamant-Berger and Jack Kirkland
- Sets : Robert Giordani
- Costumes : Rosine Delamare
- Photography : Claude Renoir and Horace Woodard
- Sound : William-Robert Sivel
- Film editing: Christian Gaudin
- Music : Hubert d'Auriol
- Producer: Raymond Borderie
- Production : CICC, UGC, Films d'Art and Fidès
- Production Director : Walter Rupp
Cast
- Pierre Fresnay : Henri Fabre
- Elina Labourdette : the Comtesse De Latour
- André Randall : John Stuart Mill
- Georges Tabet : the director at Avignon
- Olivier Hussenot : the 'doyen' at Avignon
- Espanita Cortez : Empress Eugénie
- Paul Bonifas : Victor Duruy
- Jacques Emmanuel : Charles Delagrave
- Albert Culloz : Jules Fabre
- France Descaut : Antonia Fabre
- Hubert Noël : Antonia's lover
- Catherine Culloz : Claire Fabre
- Jean-Pierre Maurin (as J. P. Maurin) : Napoléon, Prince Imperial
- Elisabeth Hardy : Marie Fabre
- Pierre Bertin : Napoléon III
- Solange Varenne : second woman
- Patrick Dewaere : Émile[2]
Notes
- "Edith Piaf Will Star in Kirkland Film Play; Keith Andes in Debut". The Los Angeles Times. 4 October 1951. p. 45. Retrieved 25 May 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- Then aged 4, this was his first film role.
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