Fanny

Fanny

134 mins | Drama, Romance | June 28, 1961

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.

Fanny

134 mins | Drama, Romance | June 28, 1961

Fanny
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, Mansfield Productions
Original title Fanny
Directors Michel Romanoff, Joshua Logan, Hank Moonjean
Writers Joshua Logan, S. N. Behrman, Marcel Pagnol, Julius J. Epstein

Cast

Leslie Caron

as Fanny

Maurice Chevalier

as Panisse

Charles Boyer

as Cesar

Horst Buchholz

as Marius

Georgette Anys

as Honorine (Fanny's Mother)

Salvatore Baccaloni

as Escartifique (Ferryboat Captain)

Lionel Jeffries

as Monsieur Brun

Raymond Bussières

as The Admiral

Joël Flateau

as Cesario (Fanny's Son)

Victor Francen

as Panisse's older brother

Paul Bonifas

as The Postman