Overview:
Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe'-owning father, and he longs for the sea. The night before he is to leave on a 5-year voyage, Fanny, a girl he grew up with, reveals that she is in love with him, and he discovers that he is in love with her. He must choose between an exciting life at sea, and a boring life with the woman he loves. And Fanny must choose between keeping the man she loves, and letting him live the life he seems to want.| Status: | Released (1961-06-28) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 5 Oscars. 1 win & 16 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $9,996,178 |
| Screen: | S.N. Behrman, Joshua Logan, Marcel Pagnol |
| Productions: | Mansfield Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 5320: Leslie Caron - Fanny
- 112972: Maurice Chevalier - Panisse
- 29519: Charles Boyer - Cesar
- 5789: Horst Buchholz - Marius
- 5186: Georgette Anys - Honorine (Fanny's Mother)
- 128256: Salvatore Baccaloni - Escartifique (Ferryboat Captain)
- 30706: Lionel Jeffries - Monsieur Brun
Crews
- 6603: Jack Cardiff - Director of Photography - Camera
- 86051: Joshua Logan - Director - Directing
- 3099: William Reynolds - Editor - Editing
- 2665: Julius J. Epstein - Screenplay - Writing
- 70044: S. N. Behrman - Theatre Play - Writing
- 86051: Joshua Logan - Theatre Play - Writing
- 86051: Joshua Logan - Producer - Production
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Reviews
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Though the story is really rather slow to get going, I did quite enjoy this seaside comedy romance. It's all about the young "Marius" (Horst Buchholz) who can't quite decide between a life at sea or a more pedestrian one at home with his girlfriend "Fanny" (Leslie Caron). His decisio ....
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