Merlusse (1935)

Merlusse (1935)

1935-12-06 France 72 Min. PG-13
7.3 20 votes

Overview

"Merlusse" is French schoolboy slang for codfish, and M. Blanchard, a professor at a certain lycée, was known to his victims by that name. On Christmas eve, when some twenty of the students—orphans, foreigners or just plain "unwanteds"—had to remain in the boarding school, Merlusse is placed in charge. His glass eye glares at them stonily, his good one with no less severity. He sets them to tasks, marches like a proctor up and down the aisles, exacts to the utmost the last measure of discipline. But when the youngsters awake in the morning, there are toys by each bed in the dormitory and M. Blanchard, no longer to be called Merlusse, is exposed for the softhearted fraud he is.

Cast

Henri Poupon is Merlusse
Merlusse
André Pollack is The Headmaster
The Headmaster
Thommeray is The Dean
The Dean
André Robert is The Senior Supervisor
The Senior Supervisor
Rellys is The Porter
The Porter
Annie Toinon is Nathalie
Nathalie
Jean Castan is Galubert
Galubert
Fernand Bruno is Catusse
Robert Chaux is Godard
Le Petit Jacques is Villepontoux
Villepontoux
Le-Van-Kim is Macaque
Macaque