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The best Fernandel films

The top 3 according to 28 votes from people: Le Schpountz (1938) · Naïs (1945) · The Well-Digger's Daughter (1940). (Updated Jun 28, 2021.)

From Pagnol to Don Camillo, the great comic from Marseille in a handful of classics, based on the SensCritique, Cinetrafic and DvdToile tops.

C. Favre · · 12 items · 28 votes · 0 comments

Automatically translated (original in Français). See the original

Top 10

  1. 1

    Le Schpountz (1938)

    A grocer who thinks he's an actor, by Pagnol.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  2. 2

    Naïs (1945)

    A hunchback in love, after Zola, for Pagnol.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  3. 3

    The Well-Digger's Daughter (1940)

    Well-digger Pascal Amoretti, for Marcel Pagnol.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  4. 4

    The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)

    The priest against the communist mayor Peppone.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  5. 5

    The Cow and I (1959)

    A prisoner of war escapes with a cow.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  6. 6

    The Return of Don Camillo (1953)

    The exiled priest returns to the village.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  7. 7

    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954)

    The servant Ali Baba and the treasure, by Jacques Becker.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  8. 8

    Crésus (1960)

    A shepherd finds a treasure under the Occupation, by Jean Giono.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  9. 9

    The Red Inn (1951)

    A monk in an inn of murderers, by Claude Autant-Lara.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  10. 10

    Topaze (1951)

    An honest schoolteacher turned businessman, directed by Pagnol.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1

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  1. 11

    Angèle (1934)

    Farmhand Saturnin, by Pagnol.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  2. 12

    The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954)

    Six roles for Fernandel, as quintuplets and their father.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0

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