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The Well-Digger's Daughter [DVD]
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The Well-Digger's Daughter (1940)

  
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Insightful and heart-rending French drama from filmmaker Marcel Pagnol revolves around a pregnant woman (Josette Day) who is abandoned by her aviator lover and rejected by her unsparing father. When her man goes missing while serving in the military, she contemplates pleasing her dad by marrying his middle-aged business partner. Raimu, Fernandel, Line Noro co-star. Standard; Soundtrack: French; Subtitles: English. In French with English subtitles.
 
SKU: D05569
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Category:
Foreign
Director:
Marcel Pagnol
Rated:
NR
Color:
Black & White
Format: 
DVD-R Fullscreen
Closed Captioned:
 No
Cast:  Josette Day, Fernandel , Fernand Charpin, Milly Mathis
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