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Manon des sources (1952) - issues in the data

There are issues with the film "Manon des sources" (1952), directed by Marcel Pagnol. This is a film of a bit less than 4 hours, which is divided into two parts for the theatrical exploitation. But this is really a single film (the second part is the immediate continuation of the first part, without any kind of introduction). Some details are given there: https://www.dvdclassik.com/critique/manon-des-sources-pagnol There's tt0044883, which normally corresponds to this film. However, at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044883/technical/ it is written: "Runtime 3h 48m (228 min) - 2h (120 min) (theatrical cut)". This is inconsistent: 228 min is the runtime for the full film, while 120 min just corresponds to the first part, which is also named "Manon des sources", hence the confusion. Recently, tt33499852 "Ugolin" (1952) has been added, but this is just the second part of "Manon des sources". I suppose that for a film divided into two inseparable parts, there should be a single entry in the IMDb, so that tt33499852 "Ugolin" should be removed (ditto for "2h (120 min) (theatrical cut)"). Note that similarly, Béla Tarr's "Sátántangó" (439 min) is divided into 3 parts for the theatrical exploitation, but AFAIK, there is just a single entry (tt0111341).

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Hi vinc17- Thank you for reporting! We will review this information with these titles and once we have an update on the resolution, we'll post it below. Cheers!

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@vinc17- These titles have now been corrected into a single entry (tt0044883). The changes are still in-progress but will be live on the site shortly. You are now welcome to submit further corrections if necessariy onto this title.