The Pretty Miller Girl

Not to be confused with The Beautiful Miller or The Miller's Beautiful Wife.

The Pretty Miller Girl
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Directed by	Marcel Pagnol
Written by	Marcel Pagnol
Starring	Tino Rossi Jacqueline Pagnol Raoul Marco
Music by	Tony Aubin
Cinematography	Willy Faktorovitch
Edited by	Jeanne Rongier
Production company	Société du Film La Belle Meunière
Distributed by	Gaumont
Release dates	23 November 1949
Running time	99 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Pretty Miller Girl (French: La Belle Meunière) is a 1949 French musical film directed by Marcel Pagnol and starring Tino Rossi, Jacqueline Pagnol and Raoul Marco. It is part of the tradition of operetta films. The title is a reference to Schubert's song cycle Die schöne Müllerin.

Synopsis

Composer Franz Schubert goes to the countryside to find inspiration. He meets a girl, Brigitte, near a windmill. However, the local lord wants her as his lover. Distraught, Schubert leaves and writes some new music to get over it.

The film was shot with Rouxcolor technology. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani.

Cast

• Tino Rossi as Franz Schubert
• Jacqueline Pagnol as Brigitte
• Raoul Marco as Maître Guillaume
• Lilia Vetti as the Countess
• Raphaël Patorni as Count Christian
• Emma Lyonel as the Baroness
• Suzanne Desprès as the lavender-girl
• Roger Monteaux
• Christian Bertola
• Jean-Paul Coquelin
• Pierrette Rossi
• Gustave Hamilton
• Edouard Hemme
• Jules Dorpe