Movie

Amazing Monsieur Fabre

★ 7/10 · 3 votes 1951 1h 30m Released

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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.

Cast

Pierre Fresnay M. Fabre Élina Labourdette La comtesse de la Porte A André Randall John Stuart Mill Georges Tabet Le directeur du collège Pierre Bertin Napoléon III E Espanita Cortez Eugénie de Montijo