Monsieur Fabre is a 1951 French historical film comedy film directed by Henri Diamant-Berger and starring Pierre Fresnay, Elina Labourdette and André Randall. It was produced by Diamant-Berger and Walter Futter.
Plot
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
Crew
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