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Director:
Jean Renoir
Writers:
Jean Renoir (adaptation)
André-Paul Antoine (idea)
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Release Date:
16 April 1956 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Musical | Drama | Romance more
Plot:
This comedy drama from Jean Renoir chronicles the revival of Paris' most notorious dance as it tells the story of a theater producer who turns a humble washerwoman into a star at the Moulin Rouge. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Very French joie de vivre more (16 total)

Cast

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Jean Gabin ... Henri Danglard
Françoise Arnoul ... Nini
María Félix ... Lola de Castro de la Fuente de Espramadura 'La Belle Abbesse'
Anna Amendola ... Esther Georges
Jean-Roger Caussimon ... Baron Walter
Dora Doll ... La Génisse
Giani Esposito ... Prince Alexandre
Gaston Gabaroche ... Oscar, le pianiste
Jacques Jouanneau ... Bidon
Jean Parédès ... Coudrier
Franco Pastorino ... Paulo, le boulanger
Michèle Philippe ... Eleonore
Michel Piccoli ... Le Capitaine Valorgueil
Albert Rémy ... Barjolin
France Roche ... Beatrix
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Only the French Can (USA) (cut version)
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Runtime:
102 min | USA:93 min (1956 version) | West Germany:87 min
Country:
France | Italy
Language:
French
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
West Germany:12 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Hong Kong:I
Company:
Franco London Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Italian censorship visa #17930 delivered on 17 December 1954. more
Soundtrack:
L'argent more

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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Very French joie de vivre, 28 August 2002
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Author: cartosan from Spain

I watched this movie three times at different ages of my life and always did enjoy it very much indeed. This Can-Can is an authentic explosion of joie de vivre, like Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly musical, but in French way. And a Jean Renoir nice tribute to his time, his friends, lovers, music and dances. It is at same time a show business chronicle of that age, full of affection and French mood. It is too a clear tribute to the Impressionism (people who likes impressionistic painters will like this picture). It is particularly a tribute to Toulouse-Lautrec and, of course, to Jean Renoir father, Pierre-Auguste. You will find hear a trustworthy and splendid colored recreation of some Renoir master work. Excellent casting, scenery, sound-effects and music. Even it tell us about the creation of Parisian Moulin Rouge, obviously it is a fiction story (and not very original by the way, as it fall down in the very well know moral that the show must go on). But the Jean Renoir production is great.

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