--- title: 'The Baker''s Wife (1938)' type: 'film' director: 'Marcel Pagnol' released: '1938-01-01' runtime_minutes: 133 genres: - 'Comedy' countries: - 'France' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-bakers-wife-1938' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030127/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Baker's Wife (1938) 1938 · 133 min · Comedy · France Original title: La Femme du boulanger ## Synopsis The Baker's Wife is a 1938 French comedic drama film directed by Marcel Pagnol and featuring an ensemble cast led by Raimu, Ginette Leclerc, and Fernand Charpin. It was adapted by Pagnol from an episode of French author Jean Giono's 1932 novel Blue Boy. In the film, the new baker in a Provençal village loses the will to bake after his wife runs off with a handsome shepherd, so, to regain their daily bread, the feuding villagers agree to put aside their bickering and work together to bring back the baker's wife. ## Credits - **Director:** [Marcel Pagnol](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-pagnol) - **Screenplay:** [Marcel Pagnol](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-pagnol), [Jean Giono](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-giono) - **Original Music Composer:** [Vincent Scotto](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-scotto) ## Cast - [Édouard Delmont](https://cinepixo.com/people/edouard-delmont) - [Fernand Charpin](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernand-charpin) - [Charles Moulin](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-moulin) - [Jean Castan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-castan) - [Julien Maffre](https://cinepixo.com/people/julien-maffre) - [Ginette Leclerc](https://cinepixo.com/people/ginette-leclerc) - [Robert Bassac](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-bassac) - [Maximilienne](https://cinepixo.com/people/maximilienne) - [Odette Roger](https://cinepixo.com/people/odette-roger) - [Alida Rouffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/alida-rouffe) - [Marcel Maupi](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-maupi) - [Raimu](https://cinepixo.com/people/raimu) - [Charles Blavette](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-blavette) - [Paul Dullac](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-dullac) - [Robert Vattier](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-vattier) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-bakers-wife-1938 Film facts: Wikidata (Q685741); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.