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09/04/1955 Comedy, Drama, Romance, Music 1h 42m
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Overview

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.

  1. Jean Renoir

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Jean Gabin

    Henri Danglard

  2. Françoise Arnoul

    Nini

  3. María Félix

    Lola

  4. Anna Amendola

    Esther Georges

  5. Jean-Roger Caussimon

    Baron Walter

  6. Dora Doll

    La Génisse

  7. Giani Esposito

    Prince Alexandre

  8. Gaston Gabaroche

    Oscar

  9. Jacques Jouanneau

    Bidon

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-08-22
This is quite an entertaining story about monsieur "Danglard" (Jean Gabin) who runs a chic little Parisian café but hasn't two sous to rub together. He's ambitious though, a bit of a dreamer, an so when out on a jaunt with belly-dancing mistress "Lola" (Maria Félix) to the city's seedy Montmatre district he sees the original cancan in full flow and decides that there's still a place for that dance in late 19th century society. How to raise the cash, though? Who is going to lead the dance? Well that latter question is solved when he meets the feisty "Nini" (Françoise Arnoul). She works in a ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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