Monsieur Fabre
1951 Comedy / Drama   
 
Credits
  • Director: Henri Diamant-Berger
  • Script: Jack Kirkland
  • Photo: Claude Renoir, Horace Woodard
  • Music: Hubert d'Auriol
  • Cast: Pierre Fresnay (Henri Fabre), Elina Labourdette (Countesse De Latour), André Randall (John Stuart Mill), Georges Tabet (Director of Avignon), Olivier Hussenot (Dean of Avignon), Espanita Cortez (Empress Eugenie), Paul Bonifas (Victor Duruy), Jacques Emmanuel (Charles Delagrave), Albert Culloz (Jules Fabre), France Descaut (Antonia Fabre), Catherine Culloz (Claire Fabre), Elisabeth Hardy (Marie Fabre), Pierre Bertin (Napoleon III), Patrick Dewaere
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 90 min; B&W
  • Aka: Amazing Monsieur Fabre
 
 
 
Summary
Jean-Henri Fabre is the foremost entomologist of his day, recognised by the emperor Napoleon III and the philospher Stuart Mill, among others.  He is devoted to his subject, the study of insects, although his radical views bring him into conflict with the scientific establishment...

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