Fanny is a 1931 play by the French writer Marcel Pagnol. It is the sequel to the 1929 play Marius and the second part in Pagnol's Marseille trilogy, which concludes with the 1936 play César. The work has been adapted to the screen numerous times including a 1932 French version directed by Marc Allégret and adapted by Pagnol himself, a 1933 Italian version, the 1934 German film The Black Whale and the 1938 American film Port of Seven Seas directed by James Whale. In 1954 it was turned into a stage musical Fanny which was itself adapted into a film Fanny in 1961. In 2013 Daniel Auteuil directed a remake Fanny of the original film.
Adaptations (1)
Fanny was adapted into a 1938 film.
Port of Seven Seas1938 · film · 81 min · dir. James Whale · IMDb ↗IMDb5.8In the French port of Marseille, a young woman named Madelon is in love with a young sailor, Marius. Discovering she is pregnant after Marius sets out to sea for several years, she marries another man to prevent the child being born out of wedlock.
