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Summary
César runs a bar along Marseilles' port, assisted by his 23-year-old son, Marius. Friends since childhood, Fanny and Marius love each other, but Marius has a secret wanderlust: every ship's whistle stirs a longing for foreign lands.
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- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+15)
Critics 100Audiences 85GoodWatch 91
Tomatometer100%
Audience score91%
IMDb7.8
Running time
2 h 8 min
Longer than most comedies, +28 min on the typical 100
typical 100128Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 10 countries
Released
1931
October 9, 1931
95 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaRomanceLanguage
French
Original language
Made in
- France
and 9 more17 people
- RaimuCésar Ollivier
- Pierre FresnayMarius Ollivier, fils de César
- Orane DemazisFanny Cabanis, fille d'Honorine
- Fernand CharpinMaître Honoré Panisse
- Robert VattierMonsieur Brun
- Paul DullacFélix Escartefigue
- Alida RouffeHonorine Cabanis
- Alexandre MihalescoPiquoiseau
Édouard DelmontLe Goelec
Lucien CallamandLe quartier-maître du ferry-boat (uncredited)- ZDZé DigiovanniInnocent Mangiapan (uncredited)
- GGiovanni(uncredited)
Milly MathisTante Claudine Foulon (uncredited)
Marcel MaupiInnocent Mangiapan le chauffeur du ferry-boat (uncredited)- QQuéretFélicité (uncredited)
- VRValentine RibeUn client (uncredited)
- VVassiUn Arabe (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Alexander Korda Director
Writing · 1
- Marcel Pagnol Theatre Play, Screenplay, Producer
Production · 1
- Robert Kane Producer
Camera · 1
- Theodore J. Pahle Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Roger Spiri-Mercaton Editor
Sound · 1
- Francis Gromon Original Music Composer
Art · 2
- Alfred Junge Art Direction
- Vincent Korda Art Direction
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GoodWatch score 90You're here
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GoodWatch score 76Film 2
- César (1936)
GoodWatch score 76Film 3
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