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.
Genres:
Pierre Fresnay as M. Fabre
Élina Labourdette as La comtesse de la Porte
André Randall as John Stuart Mill
Georges Tabet as Le directeur du collège
Pierre Bertin as Napoléon III
Espanita Cortez as Eugénie de Montijo
France Descaut as Antonia Fabre
Olivier Hussenot as Le censeur d'Avignon
Denise Kerny as Aglaë âgée
Paul Bonifas as Le ministre Victor Duruy
Jacques Emmanuel as L'éditeur Charles Delagrave
Pierre Magnier as Charles Delagrave
Guy Haurey as Jules
Andrée Lafayette as
Henry Laverne as Le maire
Solange Varenne as La deuxième femme
Pierre Moncorbier as
Hubert Noël as Le fiancé d'Antonia
Albert Culloz as Le petit Jules Fabre
Catherine Culloz as Aglaë Fabre
Jean-Pierre Maurin as Le prince impérial
Patrick Dewaere as
Yves-Marie Maurin as
Elisabeth Hardy as Marie Fabre
Fernand Blot as L'aubergiste (uncredited)
Pierre Derome as (uncredited)
Roberto Rossellini as (uncredited)
Roger Vincent as (uncredited)
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