Romantic drama

Fanny (1961): Cast & Plot

Name: Fanny
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 1961-06-28
Duration: 2 h 13 min
Cast: Leslie Caron, Horst Buchholz, Charles Boyer, Georgette Anys, Raymond Bussières

Fanny is a 1961 romantic drama directed by Joshua Logan, starring Leslie Caron as Fanny, Horst Buchholz and Charles Boyer. It runs 2 hours 13 minutes.

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Released: June 28, 1961
Runtime: 2h 13m (133 min)
Director: Joshua Logan
Genres: Romance , Drama
Original language: English
Studio: Mansfield Productions
After the credits: No No extra scene

The story

What Is Fanny About?

The premise of Fanny without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.

Almost 19‑year‑old Marius feels trapped in Marseille under his café‑owner father’s expectations while yearning for the sea. The night before he departs on a five‑year voyage, his childhood friend Fanny confesses her love, and he realizes he loves her too. He must decide between an adventurous life at sea or a modest future with her, while Fanny wrestles with whether to keep the man she loves or let him follow his dream.

Fanny Themes & Keywords

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Cast & crew

Fanny Cast & Characters

Leslie Caron leads the cast as Fanny, with Horst Buchholz as Marius and Charles Boyer as Cesar. Directed by Joshua Logan; 11 actors are credited in all.

Director Joshua Logan

Leslie Caron as Fanny
Horst Buchholz as Marius
Charles Boyer as Cesar
Georgette Anys as Honorine (Fanny's Mother)

Also Starring in Fanny

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Raymond Bussières The Admiral
Maurice Chevalier Panisse
Victor Francen Panisse's older brother
Joël Flateau Cesario (Fanny's Son)
Lionel Jeffries Monsieur Brun
Paul Bonifas The Postman
Salvatore Baccaloni Escartifique (Ferryboat Captain)

From the director

More from Joshua Logan

More films directed by Joshua Logan, best-rated first: Mister Roberts, Camelot, Paint Your Wagon and Ensign Pulver.

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Plot

Fanny Plot Summary

What happens in Fanny from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 12 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.

Spoilers ahead

César [Charles Boyer] is a barkeeper in Marseille in the early 1920s. His 18-year-old son Marius [Horst Buchholz] works for him at the bar, but is obsessed with going to sea and leaving his dull existence behind. The one thing that keeps him anchored is Fanny, an 18-year-old girl who sells fish with her mother Honorine [Georgette Anys] on the waterfront, and who has loved Marius her whole life. She flirts with him, but Marius always rejects her.

Fanny invites Marius to a Sunday-night dance, but he rejects her once more. Unbeknownst to Fanny, Marius is planning to leave the next day, secretly signed on as a sailor for a round-the-world scientific expedition, encouraged by his friend, the Admiral [Raymond Bussières]. Offended by his rejection, Fanny leaves.

Full summary

The whole story of Fanny, scene by scene

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