Tartarin of Tarascon | |
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Directed by | Francis Blanche |
Written by | Yvan Audouard Francis Blanche |
Based on | Tartarin of Tarascon by Alphonse Daudet |
Produced by | Georges Legrand |
Starring | Francis Blanche Alfred Adam Jacqueline Maillan Michel Galabru |
Cinematography | Walter Wottitz |
Edited by | Gabriel Rongier |
Music by | Jean Leccia |
Production companies | Jad Films Princia |
Distributed by | Les Films Fernand Rivers |
Release date | 23 November 1962 |
Running time | 115 minutes |
Countries | France Morocco |
Language | French |
Tartarin of Tarascon (French: Tartarin de Tarascon) is a 1962 French-Moroccan comedy film directed by and starring Francis Blanche alongside Alfred Adam, Jacqueline Maillan and Michel Galabru.[1] It is based on the 1872 novel Tartarin of Tarascon by Alphonse Daudet, which had previously been made into a 1934 film of the same title.[2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around Casablanca and Taroudant in Morocco. The film's sets were designed by the art director Louis Le Barbenchon.