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Fanny is a 1961 American Technicolor romantic drama film directed by Joshua Logan. The screenplay by Julius J. Epstein is based on the book for the 1954 stage musical of the same title by Logan and S.N. Behrman, which in turn had been adapted from Marcel Pagnol's trilogy.
With Leslie Caron, Horst Buchholz, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Boyer. Young Marius dreams of leaving his dull provincial life and seeing the world. When the beautiful Fanny declares her adoration for him, Marius must choose between an adventurous life at sea and the grandest adventure of all: love.
In 1954, Joshua Logan, S.N. Behrman and Harold Rome reworked the trilogy into the Broadway musical Fanny. Logan's 1961 film drops the play's songs but uses Rome's music as underscore. The script is by Julius J. Epstein, of Casablanca fame.
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In early 1920s Marseille, young Marius Horst Buchholz dreams of leaving his dull provincial life and seeing the world. But when the beautiful Fanny ( Leslie Caron) declares her adoration for him, Marius must choose between an adventurous life at sea and the grandest adventure of all: love.
Young lovers Fanny (Leslie Caron) and Marius (Horst Buchholz) seem made for each other, but he also wants to set out to sea. Eventually, Marius departs and, after years, they are finally reunited...
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FANNY IS ALL THE LOVE STORIES OF THE WORLD ROLLED INTO ONE. Overview. Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe'-owning father, and he longs for the sea.
Marcel Pagnol. S. N. Behrman. Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe'-owning father, and he longs for the sea. The night before he is to leave on a 5-year voyage, Fanny, a girl he grew up with, reveals that she is in love with him, and he discovers that he is in love with her.
The night before he is to leave on a 5-year voyage, Fanny, a girl he grew up with, reveals that she is in love with him, and he discovers that he is in love with her. He must choose between an exciting life at sea, and a boring life with the woman he loves....
Fanny stars Leslie Caron as the vibrant title character a young woman who yearns for Marius (Buchholz) the son of Cesar a Marseille bar owner (Boyer). In a bid to win Marius' affections and make him jealous, Fanny flirts with elderly shopkeeper Panisse (Chevalier).
