Merlusse
6.8
"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.
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Cast
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Henri Poupon
Merlusse
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André Pollack
The Headmaster
Known for
Heartbeat
Thommeray
The Dean
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César
André Robert
The Senior Supervisor
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Jofroi
Golden Venus
Rellys
The Porter
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César
Annie Toinon
Nathalie
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Angele
Jofroi
Jean Castan
Galubert
Known for
Heartbeat
The Baker's Wife
Fernand Bruno
Catusse
Robert Chaux
Godard
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Le Petit Jacques
Villepontoux
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Le-Van-Kim
Macaque
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John Dubrou
Pic
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Marcel Pagnol Director · Albert Assouad Cinematographer Suzanne de Troeye Editor
First release December 6, 1935 · Produced in France
Production
Les Films Marcel Pagnol
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France
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Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · December 6, 1935
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No release date listed for United States.
France
May 18, 2025 · Premiere · Cannes Classics - 4K Restoration
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