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Le pompier des Folies Bergères

  • 19281928
  • 8m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
154
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Josephine Baker, Pierre Batcheff, and Georges Melchior in La sirène des tropiques (1927)
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A short film produced in 1928 to promote the Folies Bergeres. The fireman on duty at the Folies reels out of the theatre, dazzled by all the naked women he's seen. Everywhere he looks, peopl... Read allA short film produced in 1928 to promote the Folies Bergeres. The fireman on duty at the Folies reels out of the theatre, dazzled by all the naked women he's seen. Everywhere he looks, people are transformed into nude showgirls; the band in a club, the patrons in a bar, even his ... Read allA short film produced in 1928 to promote the Folies Bergeres. The fireman on duty at the Folies reels out of the theatre, dazzled by all the naked women he's seen. Everywhere he looks, people are transformed into nude showgirls; the band in a club, the patrons in a bar, even his fellow firemen at the fire station doing group exercises become naked women doing knee-ben... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
154
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
413,343
20,449
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    • Josephine Baker
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      This film was made to promote the Revue "Vents de Folies" (April 1927 to January 1928), and for that reason this film must be made before or early season of the show.

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    Released on a French anthology DVD as part of the "Retour de Flamme" series, this is the most(Choose an adjective)film I have ever seen; anonymously directed, though a few people actually credit it to Luis Bunuel, the purpose of this short seems to be to provide advertisement of some sort for the Folies-Bergères theater, where in 1928 as in 2006 girls danced in the nude on stage; the fireman of the title is so excited by the spectacle that he mentally strips every woman he crosses path with, and sometimes even men: a priest, but also a full regiment(Hence the dubious Bunuel credit, no doubt); and the film is JUST THAT: endless, surreal, tasteless and blatant exposure of breasts and other body parts, with one small exception: Josephine Baker herself has the right to keep a bra on, as her image from a poster comes to life and spins the poor fireman's head a little further towards insanity.
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      • 1928 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Languages
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      • French
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      • Çılgınlıklar revüsü
    • Filming locations
      • Paris, France
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    • Runtime
      8 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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