Direction: Marcel Pagnol

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Marcel Pagnol. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Baker's Wife

1938 · Movie · 133 min. · France

7.2

223 votes

7.2

223 votes

7.1

36 votes

The Well-Digger's Daughter

1940 · Movie · 139 min. · France

Direction Marcel Pagnol

Cast Raimu · Fernandel · Josette Day · Line Noro

Synopsis A rural maiden's two suitors go off to war, leaving her pregnant.

7.1

37 votes

7.1

37 votes

César

1936 · Movie · 168 min. · France

Direction Marcel Pagnol

Cast Raimu · Pierre Fresnay · Fernand Charpin · Orane Demazis

Synopsis Several years have passed since the marriage of Fanny and Panisse. After the death of Panisse, Fanny tells her son, Césariot, that his real father is Marius, who left Marseilles twenty years ago to travel the world and who is...

6.9

62 votes

6.9

62 votes

Heartbeat

1938 · Movie · 160 min. · France

Direction Marcel Pagnol

Cast Fernandel · Orane Demazis · Fernand Charpin · Léon Belières

Synopsis Casimir Fabre (Jean Castan) and Irénée Fabre (Fernandel) work in their uncle’s grocer’s shop in a Provençal village. Whilst Casimir sticks to his job, Irénée only dreams of becoming a film star. When a film company arrives in the area,...

6.8

26 votes

6.8

26 votes

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Topaze

1951 · Movie · 146 min. · France

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Le gendre de Monsieur Poirier

1933 · Movie · 102 min. · France

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Jofroi

1933 · Movie · 52 min. · France

Direction Marcel Pagnol

Cast Vincent Scotto · Henri Poupon · Annie Toinon · Odette Roger

Synopsis Jofroi, an ageing farmer, has sold his orchard in La Maussan to Fonse. When the latter comes to cut the old trees down, Jofroi wants to kill him. Soon, everyone in the village is deeply distressed.

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Cigalon

1935 · Movie · 73 min. · France

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Angèle

1934 · Movie · 145 min. · France

Direction Marcel Pagnol

Cast Orane Demazis · Fernandel · Henri Poupon · Jean Servais

Synopsis A naive young woman leaves the farm where she has been raised. She gets seduced and absued and is then abandoned.

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Regain (Harvest)

1937 · Movie · 127 min. · France

Direction Marcel Pagnol

Cast Fernandel · Gabriel Gabrio · Orane Demazis · Marguerite Moreno

Synopsis One by one, the inhabitants of a provincial French village depart, until only the poacher Panturle remains. He dreams of finding a wife and bringing the village back to life. One day, the village is visited by a travelling knife-grinder,...

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Les lettres de mon moulin

1954 · Movie · 160 min. · France

Direction Marcel Pagnol

Cast Antonin Fabre · Roger Crouzet · Michel Galabru · Rellys

Synopsis There are four stories of Alphonse Daudet that Marcel Pagnol transformed into films. The order of presentation of the four medium-length is as follows: "The Secret of Master Cornille," "The Elixir of the Reverend Father Gaucher", "The Three Masses prayed"...

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