Letters from My Windmill

1954 2h 40m FR

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 10

ComedyDrama

Synopsis

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Set in the countryside of Provence, the film is based on three tales from Alphonse Daudet's 1869 short story collection Letters from My Windmill: "The Three Low Masses", "The Elixir of Father Gaucher" and "The Secret of Master Cornille".

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Antonin Fabre
Maître Arnoton
Fernand Sardou
M. Charnigue
Robert Vattier
le père Abbé
Pierrette Bruno
Vivette
Roger Crouzet
Alphonse Daudet
Serge Davin
Roumanille
Christian Lude
le père Sylvestre
Henri Arius
M. Decanis

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Marcel Pagnol
Languages: French

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 160 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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72 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 6

CAST

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Antonin Fabre and Fernand Sardou and Robert Vattier carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 6

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0047171 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 10 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Marcel Pagnol directs. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 160 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
272 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Antonin Fabre and Fernand Sardou and Robert Vattier carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0047171 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 10 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.