France
1955
105 minutes
Color
1.33:1
French
243
Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of the world-renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays the wily impresario Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women—an Egyptian belly-dancer and a naive working girl turned cancan star. This celebration of life, art and the City of Light (with a cameo by Edith Piaf) is a Technicolor tour de force by a master of modern cinema.
| Henri Danglard | Jean Gabin |
| Nini | Francoise Arnoul |
| Lola de Castro | María Félix |
| Arlette Vibert | Anna Amendola |
| Baron Walter | Jean-Roger Caussimon |
| La Génisse | Dora Doll |
| Prince Alexandre | Giani Esposito |
| Oscar | Gaston Gabaroche |
| Bidon | Jacques Jouanneau |
| Tailor | Jean Parédès |
| Paulo | Franco Pastorino |
| Eleonore | Michèle Philippe |
| Captain Valorgueil | Michel Piccoli |
| Barjolin | Albert Remy |
| Béatrix | France Roche |
| Savate | Jean-Marc Tennberg |
| Madame Olympe | Valentine Tessier |
| Casimir | Philippe Clay |
| Eugénie Buffet | Edith Piaf |
| Yvette Guilbert | Patachou |
| Esther Georges | Cora Vaucaire |
| Paul Delmet | André Claveau |
| Director | Jean Renoir |
| Producer | Louis Wipf |
| Screenplay | Jean Renoir |
| Cinematography | Michel Kelber |
| Editing | Borys Lewin |
| Set designer | Max Douy |
| Set decoration | Jean André and Jacques Douy |
| Costume designer | Rosine Delamare |
| Sound recordist | Antoine Petitjean |
| Original music by | Georges van Parys |
French Cancan, produced at the Francoeur Studios in Saint–Maurice, had its Paris premiere in May 1955 and was mostly successful as a fun musical with both the critics and the public. In later decades, the critics around the world hailed the magnitude of Jean Renoir’s achievement...
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