The third part of Marcel Pagnol's "Marseilles Trilogy," CESAR completes the story begun in MARIUS and continued in FANNY.
Cesariot (Andre Fouche) is the 18-year-old son of Marius (Pierre Fresnay) and Fanny (Orane Demazis), but his father disappeared before he was born and he believes the aging Panisse (Fernand Charpin), his stepfather, to be his biological parent. A priest begs Panisse to tell Cesariot about his real
father, but he refuses. When Panisse dies, Fanny tells her son about his parentage and he is properly shocked to find that Cesar (Raimu), whom he had always thought to be his godfather, is actually his grandfather. The old man tells Cesariot about h...
Released:
1936
Rated:
NR
Length:
117 mins