César (film)

César
1936 French poster for César showing Fanny and Marius
Directed byMarcel Pagnol
Written byMarcel Pagnol
Produced byMarcel Pagnol
StarringRaimu
Pierre Fresnay
Fernand Charpin
Orane Demazis
André Fouché
CinematographyWilly Faktorovitch
Edited bySuzanne de Troeye
Music byVincent Scotto
Release date
  • 27 October 1936 (1936-10-27)
Running time
141 min
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

César is a 1936 French romantic drama film written and directed by Marcel Pagnol and starring Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Fernand Charpin, Orane Demazis, and André Fouché. It is the final film in Pagnol's Marseille Trilogy, which began with Marius (1931) and continued with Fanny (1932). Unlike the other two films in the trilogy, César was not based on a play by Pagnol, but was written directly as a film script. In 1946, Pagnol adapted the script for the film as a stage play.