Manon of the Spring (1953)

6.6/10 125 min Drama Comedy Romance Family

Overview

Marcel Pagnol's adaptation of his own novel Manon des sources, the story of a shepherdess who exacts her revenge on the townsfolk she blames for killing her father, in two parts: Manon des sources and Ugolin.

Cast

Jacqueline Pagnol

Manon des sources

Rellys

Ugolin

Raymond Pellegrin

Bernard, l'instituteur

Henri Poupon

Le Papet

Robert Vattier

M. Belloiseau, le retraité

Fernand Sardou

Philoxène, le maire

Henri Vilbert

Le curé

Charles Blavette

Pamphile, le menuisier

Milly Mathis

Amélie, la femme de Pamphile, le menuisier

Edmond Ardisson

Ange, le fontainier

Édouard Delmont

Anglade

Henri Arius

Claudius, le boucher

André Bervil

Anatole, le boulanger

Jean-Marie Bon

Cabridan

Marguerite Chabert

La mère de Polyte

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