Letters from my Windmill: The priest of Cucugnan (1967)

Synopsis

In Cucugnan, Father Martin despaired of ever seeing his parishioners in church. He invented a story to make them come: during a dream, the priest arrived in heaven and wanted to see his parishioners. But the angel told him that there were no Cucugnans in paradise, all were in hell. The very next day, the whole village came to confession.

Technical data

Genre: Drama
Duration: 2h40
Director: Marcel Pagnol, assisted by Marcel Château, Jacques Pagnol
Screenplay: Marcel Pagnol based on the collection of short stories Letters from my Windmill by Alphonse Daudet
Adaptation and dialogue: Marcel Pagnol
Set design: Robert Giordani and Jean Mandaroux
Costumes: Lucien Poly
Photography: Willy Faktorovitch
Operator: René Mathelin assisted by Clément Maure
Editing: Monique Lacombe, Jeanne Rongier, Jacqueline Bultez
Music: Henri Tomasi, (musical editions Alphonse Leduc)
Dressers: Marcelle Desprès and Yvette Gouraud
Sound: Marcel Royné assisted by Heny Luke and Paul Zaccaro
Make-up: Paul Ralph
Cari’s wigs
Set photographer: Al Susterre
Script-girl: Régine Hernou
Director: Louis Manella and Emile Blondé
Location manager: Henri Garcia
Props: P. Laitière and M. Laudrain
Producer: Marcel Pagnol
Production companies: Eminente Films, Compagnie Méditerranéenne de Films
Director of production: Jean Martinetti, Charles Pons
Production manager: Antoine Rossi
Production Secretary: Annette Millet
Technical agent: Bruno Negri With the assistance of the Petits Chanteurs de Provence, under the direction of Reverend Father Geoffroy
Filming: in the studios of Marseille and for the exteriors at the Alphonse Daudet mill in Fontvieille, in the abbey of St-Michel de Frigolet and in the priory of Ganagobie. Marius Brouquier built the mill of Master Cornille
Distributor : Gaumont