Letters from My Windmill(1954)
Set in the countryside of Provence, the film is based on three tales from Alphonse Daudet's 1869 short story collection Letters from My Windmill: "The Three Low Masses", "The Elixir of Father Gaucher" and "The Secret of Master Cornille".
Movie: Letters from My Windmill
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Maître Arnoton
M. Charnigue
le père Abbé
Vivette
Alphonse Daudet
le père Sylvestre
M. Decanis
Anselme
Le père Gaucher
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Set in the countryside of Provence, the film is based on three tales from Alphonse Daudet's 1869 short story collection Letters from My Windmill: "The Three Low Masses", "The Elixir of Father Gaucher" and "The Secret of Master Cornille".
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1954-11-05
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