Synopsis
In Cucugnan, Father Martin despaired of ever seeing his parishioners in church. He invented a story to make them come: during a dream, the priest arrived in heaven and wanted to see his parishioners. But the angel told him that there were no Cucugnans in paradise, all were in hell. The very next day, the whole village came to confession.
Technical data
- Genre: Drama
- Duration: 2h40
- Director: Marcel Pagnol, assisted by Marcel Château, Jacques Pagnol
- Screenplay: Marcel Pagnol based on the collection of short stories Letters from my Windmill by Alphonse Daudet
- Adaptation and dialogue: Marcel Pagnol
- Set design: Robert Giordani and Jean Mandaroux
- Costumes: Lucien Poly
- Photography: Willy Faktorovitch
- Operator: René Mathelin assisted by Clément Maure
- Editing: Monique Lacombe, Jeanne Rongier, Jacqueline Bultez
- Music: Henri Tomasi, (musical editions Alphonse Leduc)
- Dressers: Marcelle Desprès and Yvette Gouraud
- Sound: Marcel Royné assisted by Heny Luke and Paul Zaccaro
- Make-up: Paul Ralph
- Cari’s wigs
- Set photographer: Al Susterre
- Script-girl: Régine Hernou
- Director: Louis Manella and Emile Blondé
- Location manager: Henri Garcia
- Props: P. Laitière and M. Laudrain
- Producer: Marcel Pagnol
- Production companies: Eminente Films, Compagnie Méditerranéenne de Films
- Director of production: Jean Martinetti, Charles Pons
- Production manager: Antoine Rossi
- Production Secretary: Annette Millet
- Technical agent: Bruno Negri With the assistance of the Petits Chanteurs de Provence, under the direction of Reverend Father Geoffroy
- Filming: in the studios of Marseille and for the exteriors at the Alphonse Daudet mill in Fontvieille, in the abbey of St-Michel de Frigolet and in the priory of Ganagobie. Marius Brouquier built the mill of Master Cornille
- Distributor : Gaumont
Distribution
- Fernand Sardou: the abbot Martin
- Jean Panisse: the miller
- Roger Crouzet: Alphonse Daudet
