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Director:
Marcel Pagnol
Writers:
Marcel Pagnol (dialogue)
Marcel Pagnol (screenplay)
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Release Date:
28 September 1946 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Plot:
A rural maiden's two suitors go off to war, leaving her pregnant. full summary | add synopsis
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Another unmarried mother more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Raimu ... Pascal Amoretti
Fernandel ... Félipe Rambert
Josette Day ... Patricia Amoretti
Line Noro ... Marie Mazel
Georges Grey ... Jacques Mazel
Fernand Charpin ... André Mazel
Milly Mathis ... Nathalie
Clairette ... Amanda Amoretti (as Claire Oddera)
Roberte Arnaud ... Roberte Amoretti
Raymonde ... Éléonore Amoretti
Tramel ... Maxime Exbrayat - le garçon de café
Marcel Maupi ... Le commis du bazar Mazel (as Maupi)
Charles Blavette ... Le teinturier (as Blavette)
Lucien Callamand ... Le colonel aviateur (as Callamand)
Jean Heuzé ... Le capitaine-aviateur
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Well-Digger's Daughter (USA)
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Runtime:
170 min | USA:142 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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The film was started on 20th May 1940 but interrupted because of the war. It was only resumed on 13th August of the same year with Line Noro replacing Betty Daussmond in the role of Marie Mazel. The film was released in France unoccupied zone in December 1940, but only in April 1941 in the occupied zone. more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Another unmarried mother, 10 February 2006
Author: dbdumonteil

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The unmarried mother is a permanent feature in Pagnol's cinema:see his famous trilogy Fanny/Marius /Cesar OR Angèle."La fille du puisatier" is more of the same but it has Raimu and to a lesser degree Charpin and Josette Day ,the future star of Cocteau's "la Belle et la Bête".Raimu was so great an actor that any movie he is in makes all worthwhile.And Pagnol's poetry,his use of Provence landscapes are strong assets too.

The story is very melodramatic but still manages to keep you interested till the very end. Handsome soldier gets Patricia pregnant before going' to war;and the boy's father is not prepared to accept it.She's not worthy of his offspring.But alas,the courageous military man is killed.And he was the old man's only child.Now it's Raimu (Patricia's father) who has the upper hand.But it's not over far from it..

"La fille du puisatier" is excellent Pagnol stuff.

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