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Amazing Monsieur Fabre (1951)
Directed by Henri Diamant-Berger
Overview
It centres on the life of the entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre and his total devotion to studying insect behavior, travelling from Avignon to Paris, from Paris to his death in Sérignan. He is honoured by the French president Raymond Poincaré and his patience, obstinacy and knowledge are also recognised by Napoleon III, the publisher Charles Delagrave and the philosopher John Stuart Mill. They reach their climax in his book, Souvenirs entomologiques.
Length 90 minutes
Actors
Pierre Fresnay | Elina Labourdette | André Randall | Georges Tabet | Pierre Bertin | Espanita Cortez | France Descaut | Olivier Hussenot | Denise Kerny | Paul Bonifas | Jacques Emmanuel | Pierre Magnier | Guy Haurey | Andrée Lafayette | Henry Laverne | Solange Varennes | Pierre Moncorbier | Hubert Noël | Albert Culloz | Catherine Culloz | Jean-Pierre Maurin | Patrick Dewaere | Yves-Marie Maurin | Elisabeth Hardy | Fernand Blot | Pierre Derome | Roberto Rossellini | Roger Vincent