Pleasures of Paris (French: Plaisirs de Paris) is a 1952 French-West German musical comedy film directed by Ralph Baum and starring Lucien Baroux, Jean Parédès and Geneviève Page. [1] [2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jean d'Eaubonne and Georges Wakhévitch. A separate German-language version Beautiful Night (German: Traumschöne Nacht) was also produced.
| Pleasures of Paris | |
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| Directed by | Ralph Baum |
| Written by | Ralph Baum Jacques Companéez Louis Martin |
| Produced by | Michel Safra |
| Starring | Lucien Baroux Jean Parédès Geneviève Page |
| Cinematography | Robert Lefebvre |
| Edited by | Victoria Mercanton |
| Music by | Fred Freed |
Production company | Spéva Films |
| Distributed by | Discifilm Pallas Filmverleih |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Countries | France German |
| Languages | French West German |
Synopsis
editA young composer has written a new revue but struggles to get it performed. He meets a famous music hall performer but mistakes her for a flower girl.
Cast
editFrench version
edit- Lucien Baroux as Maroni
- Jean Parédès as Albert
- Geneviève Page as Violette / Denise
- Lilo as Lilo
- Roland Alexandre as Jean-Pierre
- Max Elloy as Léon
- Palmyre Levasseur as La patronne du café
- Gaston Orbal as Un invité
- Fortunia
- Guy Marly
- Gaston Rey
- Marcel Rouzé
German version
edit- Ingrid Lutz as Violetta
- Rudolf Platte as Albert
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Maroni, Theaterdirektor
- Albert Hehn as Peter
- Lilo as Lilo
References
editBibliography
edit- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1951-1955. Pygmalion, 1989.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
edit- French version at IMDb
- German version at IMDb
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