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Cast
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| Jean Gabin | ... | Henri Danglard | |
| Françoise Arnoul | ... | Nini | |
| María Félix | ... | Lola de Castro de la Fuente de Extremadura 'La Belle Abbesse' | |
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Anna Amendola | ... | Esther Georges |
| Jean-Roger Caussimon | ... | Baron Walter | |
| Dora Doll | ... | La Génisse | |
| Giani Esposito | ... | Prince Alexandre | |
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Gaston Gabaroche | ... | Oscar, le pianiste |
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Jacques Jouanneau | ... | Bidon |
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Jean Parédès | ... | Coudrier |
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Franco Pastorino | ... | Paulo, le boulanger |
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Michèle Philippe | ... | Eleonore |
| Michel Piccoli | ... | Le Capitaine Valorgueil | |
| Albert Rémy | ... | Barjolin | |
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France Roche | ... | Beatrix |
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Henri Danglard, proprietor of the fashionable (but bankrupt) cafe 'Le Paravent Chinois' featuring his mistress, belly dancer Lola, goes slumming in Montmarte (circa 1890) where the then-old-fashioned cancan is still danced. There, he conceives the idea of reviving the cancan as the feature of a new, more popular establishment...and meets Nini, a laundress and natural dancer, whom he hopes to star in his new show. But a tangled maze of jealousies intervenes... Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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FrenchRelease Date:
16 April 1956 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
French Cancan See more »Filming Locations:
Studios Joinville, Joinville-le-pont, Val-de-Marne, FranceCompany Credits
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Runtime:
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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(uncredited)
Music by Georges Van Parys
Lyrics by Jean Renoir
Performed by Cora Vaucaire and Jean Gabin
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The on-screen singer of "La complainte de la Butte" is not Cora Vaucaire (credited in the titles) as she was deemed not good-looking enough to appear on film, so Italian actress Anna Amendola was put in front of the camera and mimed to the song... See more »Quotes
Henri Danglard: You want to put me in a cage like a canary? I warn you, it won't last long.See more »
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La Complainte de la Butte(uncredited)
Music by Georges Van Parys
Lyrics by Jean Renoir
Performed by Cora Vaucaire and Jean Gabin
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"French Cancan" is one of my favorite all time movies. It's an excellent film. There's color, there's humor, there's music. It's a very good portrait of the so called Belle Époque, though Jean Renoir's priorities were always to show a creation, a fantasie. So the film isn't a historical movie. The final sequences in which the girls dance cancan are unforgettable images. It's a film you shouldn't miss.