Directed by:
Marcel PagnolScreenplay:
Marcel PagnolCinematography:
Willy FaktorovitchComposer:
Casimir OberfeldCast:
Fernandel, Orane Demazis, Charles Blavette, Pierre Brasseur, Enrico Glori, Alida Rouffe, Robert Darène, Robert Bassac, Robert Vattier, André Roussin (more)Plots(1)
Le Schpountz stars Fernandel as a feckless country boy named Saturnin. Convinced that he's a great lover (if only he could find someone to love), Saturnin is derisively labelled a "schpountz" by his friends and neighbors. He eventually proves that he's got a lot more compassion than anyone around him when his stepsister Angele (Orane Demazis) returns home in disgrace with an illegitimate child in tow. "Le Schpountz" also surprises one and all when he makes good in the French movie industry! Director Marcel Pagnol uses the plot of this bucolic comedy drama to mercilessly drub his producers and their often questionable methods of raising production money. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Fernandel
France
Best movies:
The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
Don Camillo's Last Round (1955)
Don Camillo monsignore ma non troppo (1961)
Orane Demazis
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1934) (series)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
The Case of Dr. Laurent (1957)
Charles Blavette
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Picnic on the Grass (1959)
The Magnificent Tramp (1959)
Pierre Brasseur
France
Best movies:
The Carmelites (1960)
The Gates of Paris (1957)
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
Enrico Glori
Italy
Best movies:
La Dolce Vita (1960)
The Charterhouse of Parma (1948)
Barabbas (1961)
Alida Rouffe
France
Best movies:
The Baker's Wife (1938)
Robert Darène
France
Robert Bassac
France
Best movies:
The Baker's Wife (1938)
Robert Vattier
France
Best movies:
The President (1961)
La Putain respectueuse (1952)
Neither Seen Nor Recognized (1958)
André Roussin
France
Fernand Charpin
France
Best movies:
Pépé le Moko (1937)
The Baker's Wife (1938)
Jacques B. Brunius
France
Best movies:
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)
Léon Belières
France
Best movies:
The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1942)
A Simple Case of Money (1949)
Geo Forster
France
Best movies:
La Règle du Jeu (1939)
The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1942)
Zouzou (1934)
Louis Ducreux
France
Best movies:
A Sunday in the Country (1984)
The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
Daddy Nostalgie (1990)
Marcel Maupi
France
Best movies:
Croisières sidérales (1942)
Bad Seed (1934)
The Baker's Wife (1938)
Henri Poupon
France
Best movies:
Remorques (1941)
Martin Roumagnac (1946)
André Pollack
Spain
Jean Weber
France
Best movies:
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)