Merlusse (1935)
"Merlusse" is French schoolboy slang for codfish, and M. Blanchard, a professor at a certain lycée, was known to his victims by that name. On Christmas Eve, when some twenty of the students—orphans, foreigners or just plain "unwanteds"—had to remain in the boarding school, Merlusse is placed in charge. His glass eye glares at them stonily, his good one with no less severity. He sets them to tasks, marches like a proctor up and down the aisles, exacts to the utmost the last measure of discipline. But when the youngsters awake in the morning, there are toys by each bed in the dormitory and M. Blanchard, no longer to be called Merlusse, is exposed for the softhearted fraud he is.
Director: Marcel Pagnol
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Henri Poupon as Merlusse |
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André Pollack as The Headmaster |
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Thommeray as The Dean |
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André Robert as The Senior Supervisor |
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Rellys as The Porter |
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Annie Toinon as Nathalie |
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Jean Castan as Galubert |
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Fernand Bruno as Catusse |
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Robert Chaux as Godard |
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Le Petit Jacques as Villepontoux |
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Le-Van-Kim as Macaque |
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John Dubrou as Pic |
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d'Armans as Philippard |
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Robert Aviérinos as Lupin |
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Dernard as Delacre |
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Jean Inglesakis as Molinard |
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Armando Rossi as Le concierge |
| Directing | Marcel Pagnol | Director |
| Sound | Vincent Scotto | Music |
| Writing | Marcel Pagnol | Writer |
| Camera | Albert Assouad | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Suzanne de Troeye | Editor |
