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Honor de Marseille
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Wikipedia article
'Honor de Marseille' is a 1956 French comedy film by Maurice Rgamey.
Plot
The story begins in 600 BC with the landing in a calque of a Phocenne galley commanded by the warrior Honorius who, married by mistake the daughter of the Ligurian king, will found the city of Marseille. Honor, the first Marseilles, gives way to Honorius to tell us the hero-comic adventures of the siege of Marseille by the legions of Julius Caesar, which will lead to the invention of the petanque. Through successive leaps over the centuries, and in songs, Honor tells us the history of the city of Phocea.
Cast
* Fernandel : Honoris, Honorius, Honor
* Andrex : Pastque
* Francis Blanche : Pasquale Marchetti
* Yvonne Monlaur : Gyptis
* Michel Etcheverry : Bob Patrick
* Edmond Ardisson : Victor
* Henri Crmieux : Garrigues
* Rellys : Saturnin
Songs
Songs composed by Henri Betti with lyrics by Jean Manse and performed by Fernandel with an orchestration by Paul Bonneau : 'Quel Plaisir ! Quel Travail !', 'Tout a c'est Marseille', 'Oh ! Honor' and 'C'est Nol'.
Production
The song 'C'est Nol' was sung in a scene that was cut at the editing. It was later sung by Tino Rossi and Georges Gutary.
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