Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe'-owning father, and he longs for the sea. The night before he is to leave on a 5-year voyage, Fanny, a girl he grew up with, reveals that she is in love with him, and he discovers that he is in love with her. He must choose between an exciting life at sea, and a boring life with the woman he loves. And Fanny must choose between keeping the man she loves, and letting him live the life he seems to want.
Leslie Caron
as Fanny
Maurice Chevalier
as Panisse
Charles Boyer
as Cesar
Horst Buchholz
as Marius
Georgette Anys
as Honorine (Fanny's Mother)
Salvatore Baccaloni
as Escartifique (Ferryboat Captain)
Lionel Jeffries
as Monsieur Brun
Raymond Bussières
as The Admiral
Joël Flateau
as Cesario (Fanny's Son)
Victor Francen
as Panisse's older brother
Paul Bonifas
as The Postman
