Merlusse (1935)

  • U
  • 12/06/1935 (FR)
  • Drama, Comedy
  • 1h 12m

Overview

"Merlusse" is French schoolboy slang for codfish, and M. Blanchard, a professor at a certain lycée, was known to his victims by that name. On Christmas eve, when some twenty of the students—orphans, foreigners or just plain "unwanteds"—had to remain in the boarding school, Merlusse is placed in charge. His glass eye glares at them stonily, his good one with no less severity. He sets them to tasks, marches like a proctor up and down the aisles, exacts to the utmost the last measure of discipline. But when the youngsters awake in the morning, there are toys by each bed in the dormitory and M. Blanchard, no longer to be called Merlusse, is exposed for the softhearted fraud he is.

Marcel Pagnol

Director, Writer

Cast

Henri Poupon's headshot

Henri Poupon

Blanchard dit Merlusse
André Pollack's headshot

André Pollack

Le proviseur
Annie Toinon's headshot

Annie Toinon

Nathalie
Thommeray's headshot

Thommeray

le censeur
Jean Castan's headshot

Jean Castan

Galubert
Le Petit Jacques's headshot

Le Petit Jacques

Villepontoux
d'Armans's headshot

d'Armans

Philippard
Fernand Bruno's headshot

Fernand Bruno

Catusse

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