Sous le ciel de Paris (1951)

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Director:

Julien Duvivier

Writers:

Julien Duvivier (screenplay) &
René Lefèvre (adaptation) ...

Release Date:

5 May 1952 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Cast

Brigitte Auber	...	Denise Lambert
Jean Brochard	...	Jules Hermenault
René Blancard	...	Le professeur Bertelin (as Rene Blancard)
Paul Frankeur	...	Milou
Raymond Hermantier	...	Mathias, l'artiste
Daniel Ivernel	...	Georges Forestier
Pierre Destailles	...	Michel
Jacques Clancy	...	Armand Mestre (as Jacques Clancy de la Comédie Française)
Christiane Lénier	...	Marie-Thérèse (as Christiane Lenier)
Marie-France	...	La petite Colette Malingret
François Périer	...	Récitant (voice) (as François Perier)
Marcelle Praince	...	Madame Balthazar, la voyante
Catherine Fonteney	...	La dame des invalides (as Catherine Fonteney de la Comédie Française)
René Génin	...	Le cocher
Georgette Anys	...	Madame Malingret

Also Known As:

La Seine coule à Paris (France) (working title)
Sous le ciel de Paris coule la Seine (France)
Under the Paris Sky (USA)

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Paris Studios Cinéma, Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Company:

Regina Films

Trivia:

French censorship visa #10.510

Soundtrack:

Sous le ciel de Paris

Multi-faceted story, great shots of post-war Paris

Sous le Ciel de Paris was the second of director Julien Duvivier's 1950 French films. The story follows the grim and bloody path trod by an unknown psycho killer. Duvivier cannily plays the film's melodrama against the glamorous backdrops of fin de siecle Paris, concentrating on a handful of people whose lives are profoundly affected, directly and indirectly, by the fugitive murder. The best vignettes feature elderly character actress Sylvie as a spinster devoted to her houseful of cats, and Brigitte Auber as a wide-eyed country lass.