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 :
Film editing: Christian Gaudin
Music :
Producer: Raymond Borderie
Production : , UGC, and
Production Director :

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
: Empress Eugénie
Paul Bonifas : Victor Duruy
Jacques Emmanuel : Charles Delagrave
: Jules Fabre
: Antonia Fabre
Hubert Noël : Antonia's lover
: Claire Fabre
Jean-Pierre Maurin (as J. P. Maurin) : Napoléon, Prince Imperial
Elisabeth Hardy : Marie Fabre
Pierre Bertin : Napoléon III
: 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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[1] "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.

[2] Then aged 4, this was his first film role.

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