Synopsis
Marius is a young man who is excited by the sea. He loves his father César, gruff and good-natured, and also loves the little Fanny who sells shells in front of César’s bar. Since his childhood, the desire to run the world inflames him. He fights against his madness. He doesn’t want to abandon his father, who might die of grief, nor little Fanny, who thinks only of him. And yet the sea is there…
Technical data
- Genre: drama
- Duration: 2 hours
- Director: Alexander Korda
- Supervision: Marcel Pagnol
- Screenplay: Marcel Pagnol, based on his play
- Photography: Ted Pahle
- Sets: Alfred Junge and Vincent Korda
- Editing: Roger Spiri-Mercanton
- Production: Robert Kane and Marcel Pagnol for Paramount Pictures
- Shooting: exterior in Marseille (Old Port), interior at the Joinville Studios
Distribution
- Raimu: César Ollivier, owner of the Bar de la Marine
- Pierre Fresnay: Marius Ollivier, his son
- Orane Demazis: Fanny Cabanis, little shell merchant
- Alida Rouffe: Honorine Cabanis, her mother
- Fernand Charpin: Honoré Panisse, master sailmaker of the Old Port
- Paul Dullac: Félix Escartefigue, captain of the ferry boat
- Mihalesco: Piquoiseau, former sailor turned beggar
- Robert Vattier: Aldebert Brun, customs auditor
- Édouard Delmont: Le Goëlec, second from Malaysia
- Lucien Callamand: the captain of Malaysia
- Milly Mathis: Claudine Foulon, Fanny’s aunt
- Zé Digiovanni: Innocent Mangiapan, the ferry boat driver
