Is Paris Burning? (1966)

Paris brûle-t-il? (original title)

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2h 55min
Drama, History
26 Oct 1966 (France)
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August 1944. The Allies are approaching Paris and resistance groups within the city start to plan an uprising against the Germans. However, Hitler wants the city destroyed if it looks like the Allies will take it.

Director:

René Clément

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Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 nominations.
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	Jean-Paul Belmondo	...	Pierrelot - Yvon Morandat
	Charles Boyer	...	Docteur Monod
	Leslie Caron	...	Françoise Labé
	Jean-Pierre Cassel	...	Lieutenant Henri Karcher
	George Chakiris	...	GI in Tank (as Georges Chakiris)
	Bruno Cremer	...	Colonel Rol-Tanguy
	Claude Dauphin	...	Colonel Lebel
	Alain Delon	...	Jacques Chaban-Delmas
	Kirk Douglas	...	Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
	Pierre Dux	...	Cerat - Alexandre Parodi
	Glenn Ford	...	Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley
	Gert Fröbe	...	General Dietrich von Choltitz (as Gert Froebe)
	Daniel Gélin	...	Yves Bayet
	Georges Géret	...	The Baker
	Hannes Messemer	...	General Jodl
	Harry Meyen	...	Lieutenant von Arnim
	Yves Montand	...	Sgt. Marcel Bizien
	Anthony Perkins	...	Sgt. Warren
	Michel Piccoli	...	Edgard Pisani
	Wolfgang Preiss	...	Capitaine Ebernach
	Claude Rich	...	General Leclerc
	Simone Signoret	...	Cafe Owner
	Robert Stack	...	Brig. General Edwin L. Sibert
	Jean-Louis Trintignant	...	Capitaine Serge
	Pierre Vaneck	...	Maj. Roger Gallois
	Marie Versini	...	Claire Morandat
	Skip Ward	...	Charlie, un soldat U.S.
	Orson Welles	...	Consul Raoul Nordling
	Michel Etcheverry	...	Préfet Luizet
	Billy Frick	...	Adolf Hitler
	Ernst Fritz Fürbringer	...	General von Voineburg (as Ernst Fritz Fuerbringer)
	Konrad Georg	...	Gen. Field Marshal Model
	Joachim Hansen	...	Commandant prison de Fresnes
	Félix Marten	...	Georges Landrieu
	Paloma Matta	...	Lilane Charvet, la jeune mariée
	Günter Meisner	...	Commandant SS à Pantin (as Guenter Meisner)
	Sacha Pitoëff	...	Joliot-Curie
	Albert Rémy	...	Policeman / Le gendarme
	Christian Rode	...	Soldat allemand brûlé
	Helmuth Schneider	...	Adjudant allemand métro
	Otto Stern	...	Soldat allemand métro
	Tony Taffin	...	Bernard Labé
	Jean Valmont	...	F.F.I. bazooka
	Karl-Otto Alberty	...	SS - tapisserie de Bayeux (as Karl Otto Alberty)
	Pierre Collet	...	Un policier résistant
	Paul Crauchet	...	Priest
	Germaine de France	...	Old lady
	Bernard Fresson	...	Agent de liaison F.F.I.
	Michel Gonzalès	...	Étudiant résistant
	Peter Jacob	...	Génaral Burgdorf / Gen. Burgdorf
	Hubert de Lapparent	...	L'huissier à Matignon
	Roger Lumont	...	Jade Amicol
	Pierre Mirat	...	Patron du bistro Medicis
	Francis Nani	...	Étudiant resistant
	Peter Neusser	...	SS - tapisserie de Bayeux
	Sébastien Poitrenaud	...	Étudiant resistant
	Jean-Michel Rouzière	...	Le monsieur au petit chien
	Georges Staquet	...	Capitaine Dronne
	Hénia Suchar	...	La standardiste de la préfecture
	Claude Vernier	...	Prisonnier allemand
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Georges Aminel	...	(uncredited) (voice)
	Roland Armontel	...	Foot passenger (uncredited)
	Georges Ass	...	Un prisonnier à Pantin (uncredited)
	Philippe Baronnet	...	A resister (uncredited)
	Michel Berger	...	Chief of Explosives (uncredited)
	Georges Bidault	...	Self (in victory walk) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
	Paul Bisciglia	...	Un homme sur un char (uncredited)
	Paul Bonifas	...	Mayor (uncredited)
	Gerhard Bormann	...	(uncredited)
	Colette Brosset	...	(uncredited)
	Georges Béreux	...	(uncredited)
	Georges Carnazzo	...	(uncredited)
	Adrien Cayla-Legrand	...	Un prisonnier à Pantin (uncredited)
	Georges Claisse	...	Intern with Monod (uncredited)
	Louis Daquin	...	(uncredited)
	Charles de Gaulle	...	Self (in victory walk) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
	Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque	...	Self (in victory walk) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
	Suzy Delair	...	Une Parisienne (uncredited)
	Patrick Dewaere	...	A young resister (uncredited)
	Guy Di Rigo	...	A G.I. (uncredited)
	C.O. Erickson	...	(uncredited)
	Pierre Fabrice	...	(uncredited)
	André Falcon	...	Member of Resistance council (uncredited)
	Pascal Fardoulis	...	Gilet (uncredited)
	Roland Fleury	...	A G.I. (uncredited)
	Michel Fugain	...	A young resistant (uncredited)
	Monique Fusier	...	(uncredited)
	Lutz Gabor	...	German officer (uncredited)
	Clara Gansard	...	Wife of Col. Tanguy (uncredited)
	Marcel Gassouk	...	Un prisonnier allemand (uncredited)
	Rol Gauffin	...	(uncredited)
	Jeanne Herviale	...	Bit part (uncredited)
	Claus Holm	...	Huhm (uncredited)
	Jean-Pierre Honoré	...	Alain Perpezat (uncredited)
	Nicole Jonesco	...	(uncredited)
	Catherine Kamenka	...	Diane (uncredited)
	Billy Kearns	...	Patton Aide (uncredited)
	Pierre Koenig	...	Self (in victory walk) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
	Jacques Lalande	...	Policeman (uncredited)
	Viviane Landford	...	(uncredited)
	Joëlle Latour	...	Young Girl with Warren (uncredited)
	André Le Troquer	...	Self (in victory walk) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
	Georg Lehn	...	German Soldier at Hôtel Le Meurice (uncredited)
	Rudy Lenoir	...	German officer (uncredited)
	Michael Lonsdale	...	Debu-Bridel (uncredited)
	Rico Lopez	...	(uncredited)
	Jacques Léonard	...	American soldier (uncredited)
	Maria Machado	...	Stella (uncredited)
	Philippe March	...	Roland Pré (uncredited)
	E.G. Marshall	...	Intelligence Officer Powell (uncredited)
	Mike Marshall	...	F.F.I. member (uncredited)
	Yves-Marie Maurin	...	(uncredited)
	Raymond Meunier	...	(uncredited)
	Jean Michaud	...	Le commandant à Matignon (uncredited)
	Harald Momm	...	Colonel Jay (uncredited)
	Georges Montant	...	A doctor (uncredited)
	Russ Moro	...	(uncredited)
	Del Negro	...	Officer with Chaban-Delmas (uncredited)
	Jean Négroni	...	Villon (uncredited)
	Alexandre Parodi	...	Self (in victory walk) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
	Roger Pera	...	A G.I. (uncredited)
	Raymond Pierson	...	(uncredited)
	Policard	...	(uncredited)
	Alain Pommier	...	Franjoux (uncredited)
	Georges Poujouly	...	Landrieux (uncredited)
	Jacques Pradel	...	Un soldat allemand (uncredited)
	Jacques Préboist	...	L'homme qui se rase à sa fenêtre (uncredited)
	Michel Puterflam	...	Laffont (uncredited)
	Serge Rousseau	...	Col. Fabien (uncredited)
	André Rouyer	...	(uncredited)
	Tony Rödel	...	Un officier allemand invité de Von Choltiz / German officer (uncredited)
	Michel Sales	...	Galois's friend (uncredited)
	Jacques Santi	...	A resistant (uncredited)
	Michel Sardou	...	A young resistant (uncredited)
	Wolfgang Sauer	...	Hégel (uncredited)
	Victor Spinetti	...	French priest (uncredited)
	Pierre Tamin	...	Maurannes (uncredited)
	Jean-Paul Tribout	...	A young resistant (uncredited)
	Ronald Urban	...	German soldier (uncredited)
	Cécile Vassort	...	Une jeune femme (uncredited)
	Pierre Vaudier	...	(uncredited)
	Hans Verner	...	(uncredited)
	Joe Warfield	...	Major with Chaban-Delmas (uncredited)
	Joachim Westhoff	...	German officer with Claire (uncredited)
	Dominique Zardi	...	(uncredited)
	Jean-Pierre Zola	...	Cpl. Mayer (uncredited)

Directed by

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René Clément

Written by

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Larry Collins	...	(book) and
Dominique Lapierre	...	(book)

Gore Vidal	...	(screenplay) and
Francis Ford Coppola	...	(screenplay)

Marcel Moussy	...	(additional material for French scenes)

Beate von Molo	...	(additional material for German scenes)

Jean Aurenche	...	() (uncredited)

Yves Boisset	...	() (uncredited)

Pierre Bost	...	() (uncredited)

Claude Brulé	...	() (uncredited)

Produced by

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Paul Graetz

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producer

Music by

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Maurice Jarre

Cinematography by

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Marcel Grignon

Editing by

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Robert Lawrence

Editorial Department

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Annie Charvein	...	assistant editor
Catherine Gabrielidis	...	assistant editor
Catherine Gascuel	...	assistant editor
Françoise Merville	...	assistant editor

Production Design by

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Willy Holt

Art Direction by

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Marc Frédérix
Pierre Guffroy

Costume Design by

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Pierre Nourry
Jean Zay

Makeup Department

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Aïda Carange	...	makeup artist
Michel Deruelle	...	makeup artist

Production Management

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Louis Daquin	...	production manager: second unit
C.O. Erickson	...	executive production manager
Lucien Lippens	...	assistant unit manager
Roger Mercanton	...	associate production manager
Louis Wipf	...	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Yves Boisset	...	assistant director
Christian Sarramia	...	assistant director (as Christian Saramia)
André Smagghe	...	second unit director
Michel Wyn	...	assistant director

Art Department

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Roger Volper

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set dresser

Sound Department

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Jacques Carrère	...	sound re-recordist
Denise Charvein	...	sound editor
Daniel Couteau	...	sound effects
Johnny Dwyre	...	sound editor
Jean Nény	...	sound re-recordist
Alex Pront	...	sound re-recordist
William Robert Sivel	...	recording director (as William R. Sivel)
John Aldred	...	music recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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R.A. MacDonald	...	special effects (as Robert MacDonald)
A. Paul Pollard	...	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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André Canda	...	grip
André Domage	...	camera operator
Georges Pastier	...	camera operator
Jean Tournier	...	director of photography: second unit
Pierre Willemin	...	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Joan Joseff

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costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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John C. Hammell	...	music editor (as John Hammell)
Maurice Jarre	...	conductor
Leo Arnaud	...	orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Yvette Vérité

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continuity

Additional Crew

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Production Companies

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Distributors

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Paramount (1966) (France) (theatrical)
Film AB Paramount (1966) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Paramount British Pictures (1966) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Paramount Pictures (1966) (Japan) (theatrical)
Paramount Pictures (1966) (United States) (theatrical) (A Paramount Release)
Paramount Pictures (1966) (West Germany) (theatrical)
Paramount Pictures (1967) (Argentina) (theatrical)
Paramount-Films (1967) (Finland) (theatrical)
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1968) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
Paramount Home Entertainment (2003) (United States) (DVD)
Paramount Home Entertainment (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
Filmjuwelen (2019) (Germany) (DVD)
Paris Première (2021) (France) (tv)
Pluto TV (2021) (United States) (video) (VOD)

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S.I.M.O. (re-recording)

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Plot Summary	This sprawling, star-laden film, depicts the struggles of various French-Resistance factions to regain control of Paris near the end of World War II. The Nazi general in charge of Paris, Dietrich von Cholitz (Fröbe), is under orders from Hitler himself to burn the city if he cannot control it or if the Allies get too close. Much of the drama centers around the moral deliberations of the general, the Swedish ambassador (Welles), and the eager but desperate leaders of the resistance. Written by Carl J. Youngdahl Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	allies nazi-general french-military coughing begins-with-historical-notes See All (195) »
Taglines	A motion picture to command the attention of the world ! See more »
Genres	Drama History War
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:Atp Finland:K-16 France:Tous publics Germany:12 Italy:T Japan:G Netherlands:12 Netherlands:14 (orginal rating) Norway:16 Singapore:PG Sweden:15 United Kingdom:A United Kingdom:PG (video) United States:Not Rated United States:Approved West Germany:12 (f)

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Also Known As	Paris brûle-t-il ? (France) La Libération de Paris (France) Is Paris Burning? (United States) Is Paris Burning? (Canada, English title) Is Paris Burning? (World-wide, English title) See more »
Runtime	175 min
Country	France United States
Language	French German English
Color	Black and White
Aspect Ratio	2.20 : 1 (70 mm prints) See more »
Sound Mix	70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) (Westrex Recording System) Mono (35 mm prints)
Filming Locations	Rue de la Huchette, Paris 5, Paris, France See more »

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Trivia	One of the main reasons for the movie being filmed in black and white: the French authorities refused to allow red and black Nazi flags to fly in Paris, even for a movie. They agreed only to the use of black and gray Nazi flags. See more »
Goofs	Judging by Choltitz's own memoirs ('Soldat enter Soldaten", 1951) there never was an order to deliberately destroy Paris or its monuments. The orders concerned laming industrial plants, blowing bridges, crushing uprisings, and defending the town as a fortress, accepting collateral damage. Choltitz later found out these orders were addressed to his superiors, not to him. He does mention Hitler asking "Is Paris burning?" but says he was informed of this by others, whose names he does not give. See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014). See more »
Crazy Credits	The end credit sequence is in color. See more »
Quotes	Lieutenant Henri Karcher: [over the phone to his father] Hello, Papa? This is Lieutenant Karcher. Your son. In spite of your pessimstic view of my military career, I'd like to announce I've just made some prisoners of the general in command of Paris at the Hotel Meurice. He surrendered to me. But I'm still very bad at drill. See more »

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