Amazing Monsieur Fabre
Monsieur Fabre
Release: 1951-09-26
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 7.0
Comedy
Drama
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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
UGC Films
Le Film d'art
Fidès Film
Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique
Cast
Pierre Magnier
as Charles Delagrave
Solange Varenne
as La deuxième femme
Yves-Marie Maurin
Elisabeth Hardy
as Marie Fabre
Roberto Rossellini
as (uncredited)
Pierre Fresnay
as M. Fabre
Élina Labourdette
as La comtesse de la Porte
Henry Laverne
as Le maire
Pierre Moncorbier
Jean-Pierre Maurin
as Le prince impérial
Roger Vincent
as (uncredited)
André Randall
as John Stuart Mill
Pierre Bertin
as Napoléon III
Olivier Hussenot
as Le censeur d'Avignon
Paul Bonifas
as Le ministre Victor Duruy
Hubert Noël
as Le fiancé d'Antonia
Patrick Dewaere
France Descaut
as Antonia Fabre
Denise Kerny
as Aglaë âgée
Andrée Lafayette
Georges Tabet
as Le directeur du collège
