A pompous grocer’s assistant in Marseille annoys a visiting film crew so much that they prank him with a phony acting contract; believing it to be real, the “schpountz” heads to Paris for his new career.

Credits

Marcel PagnolDirector

FernandelIrénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz'

Fernand CharpinUncle Baptiste Fabre

Henri PouponGalubert

Orane DemazisFrançoise