Tartarin of Tarascon | |
Director: | Francis Blanche |
Producer: | Georges Legrand |
Based On: | Tartarin of Tarascon by Alphonse Daudet |
Starring: | Francis Blanche Alfred Adam Jacqueline Maillan Michel Galabru |
Music: | Jean Leccia |
Cinematography: | Walter Wottitz |
Editing: | Gabriel Rongier |
Studio: | Jad Films Princia |
Distributor: | Les Films Fernand Rivers |
Runtime: | 115 minutes |
Country: | 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.