The Marseille trilogy
Contributors: Korda, Alexander, Sir, 1893-1956, film director; Allégret, Marc, 1900-1973, film director; Raimu, 1883-1946, actor; Fresnay, Pierre, 1897-1975, actor; Charpin, Fernand, 1887-1944, actor; Demazis, Orane, 1904-1991, actor; Criterion Collection (Firm)
Series: Criterion collection -- 881; Criterion collection -- 881.
Published: 2017
Language: fre
Format: [videorecording]
Number of pages: 395
ISBN-13: 9781681433202
Subjects: Drama; Social life and customs; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Man-woman relationships
Other titles: Fanny trilogy; Container of (work): Marius (Motion picture); Container of (work): Fanny (Motion picture); Container of (work): César (Motion picture); Trilogie marseillaise (Motion pictures); Marius.; Fanny.; César.
Description: Gruff, sentimental César owns a waterfront bar in the old port of Marseille, where his son, Marius, wipes down tables and dreams of a life at sea. The prosperous, middle-aged sailmaker Panisse, wanting to wed Marius's sweetheart, Fanny, sets up a generation-spanning romantic triangle, the story of which unfolds in a series of fateful twists in the films, which first earned Pagnol his place in cinema history. Includes making and restoration of the films, documentaries, interviews, and more.
Notes: Title from container.

Widescreen. Marius and Fanny have 1.19:1 aspect ratio; César has 1.37:1 aspect ratio.

Special features: new introduction by filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier; new interview with Nicolas Pagnol, grandson of writer-director Marcel Pagnol; segments from Marcel Pagnol: Morceaux choisis, a 1973 documentary series on Pagnol's life and work; Marseille, a short 1935 documentary about the Marseille harbor produced by Pagnol; archival interviews with actors Orane Demazis, Pierre Fresnay and Robert Vattier; Pagnol's poetic realism, a new video essay by scholar Brett Bowles; French television clip from 2015 about the restoration of the trilogy; theatrical rerelease trailer; essay by film critic Michael Atkinson and excerpts from Pagnol's introductions to his plays and screenplays.

Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Fernand Charpin, Orane Demazis.

DVD; region 1; Dolby digital mono.

French dialogue; English subtitles.
Table of contents: title: [disc 1]. Marius (1931) (127 min.) / writer, Marcel Pagnol ; director, Alexander Korda; title: [disc 2]. Fanny (1932) (127 min.) / writer, Marc Allégret ; director, Marcel Pagnol; title: [disc 3]. César (1936) (141 min.) / writer and director, Marcel Pagnol; title: [disc 4]. Supplements [special features].