Amazing Monsieur Fabre

Release Date: 1951-09-26

Overview: It centres on the life of the entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre and his total devotion to studying insect behavior, travelling from Avignon to Paris, from Paris to his death in Sérignan. He is honoured by the French president Raymond Poincaré and his patience, obstinacy and knowledge are also recognised by Napoleon III, the publisher Charles Delagrave and the philosopher John Stuart Mill. They reach their climax in his book, Souvenirs entomologiques.

Rating: 7 / 10

Cast

Pierre Fresnay

as M. Fabre

Élina Labourdette

as La comtesse de la Porte

André Randall

as John Stuart Mill

Georges Tabet

as Le directeur du collège

Pierre Bertin

as Napoléon III