Directed by:
Jean RenoirCinematography:
Michel KelberComposer:
Georges Van ParysCast:
Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, María Félix, Anna Amendola, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Dora Doll, Giani Esposito, Jacques Jouanneau, Jean Parédès, Franco Pastorino (more)VOD (1)
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The legendary Jean Gabin plays Danglard, mentor to, and lover of, the stage stars of 1890s Paris. When he discovers a naïve young laundress (Francoise Arnoul) dancing in a nightclub he is inspired by her talent to revive the forgotten cancan in a show that the whole of Paris, rich and poor, will never forget. Based on the true story of Moulin Rouge founder Charles Zidler, Jean Renoir’s exuberant tale of an impresario’s commitment to his art is a masterpiece of Technicolor brilliance, which features luminaries of the 1950s Parisian café-concert scene, Edith Piaf and Patachou, as period artistes. (British Film Institute (BFI))
(more)Cast
André Claveau
France
Best movies:
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
French Cancan (1955)
Lia Amanda
Italy
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
French Cancan (1955)
Martine Alexis
Best movies:
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
The Crossing of Paris (1956)
Bruno Balp
France
Best movies:
Witness in the City (1959)
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Claude Berri
France
Best movies:
The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)
The Truth (1960)
The Three Brothers (1995)
Dorothée Blanck
German Empire
Best movies:
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
Anna (1967) (TV movie)
Jaque Catelain
France
Best movies:
Eldorado (1921)
The Razor's Edge (1946)
The Inhuman Woman (1924)
René-Jean Chauffard
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Heaven Sent (1963)
Jacques Ciron
France
Best movies:
L'Allée du roi (1996) (series)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
My New Partner (1984)
Max Dalban
France
Best movies:
Judgment of the God (1952)
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955)
Panic (1946)
Hubert Deschamps
France
Best movies:
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
The Spies (1957)
Dear Inspector (1978)
Valentino Garavani
Italy
Best movies:
French Cancan (1955)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Zoolander No. 2 (2016)
Henri-Jacques Huet
France
Best movies:
The Big Restaurant (1966)
Breathless (1960)
Les Misérables (1995)
Lydia Johnson
Russian Empire
Best movies:
French Cancan (1955)
François Joux
France
Best movies:
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
The Crucible (1957)
Lift to the Scaffold (1958)
Ursula Kubler
Switzerland
Best movies:
A Time to Live and a Time to Die (1963)
Vie privée (1962)
French Cancan (1955)
Palmyre Levasseur
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
Les Misérables (1958)
Jacques Marin
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Les Misérables (1958)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
Paul Mercey
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
Evidence in Concrete (1958)
Anne-Marie Mersen
Best movies:
When a Woman Meddles (1957)
A Woman Like Satan (1958)
Confidential Report (1955)