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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.
Directed by
Jean Renoir
Written by
Jean Renoir
Michel Piccoli
Le Capitaine Valorgueil
Geneviève Bujold
Woman (uncredited)
Jean Gabin
Henri Danglard
Rosy Varte
Habituée du café (uncredited)
Dora Doll
La Génisse
Anne-Marie Mersen
Paquita (uncredited)
Françoise Arnoul
Nini
Jacques Marin
Un spectateur (uncredited)
Hubert Deschamps
Isidore (uncredited)
Patachou
Yvette Guilbert
France Roche
Beatrix
Paul Mercey
Un homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)
María Félix
Lola
Jacques Jouanneau
Bidon
Albert Rémy
Barjolin
André Numès
Le voisin (uncredited)
Valentine Tessier
Mme. Olympe
Jacques Ciron
Premier gommeux (uncredited)
Bruno Balp
Man (uncredited)
Dorothée Blanck
Woman (uncredited)
Édith Piaf
Eugénie Buffet
Ursula Vian-Kübler
Une danseuse de "La Reine Blanche" (uncredited)
Jean Parédès
Coudrier
Gaston Modot
Le valet de Danglard (uncredited)
Pierre Olaf
Roberto (uncredited)
Madame Pâquerette
Mimi Prunelle (uncredited)
Jean-Roger Caussimon
Baron Walter
René-Jean Chauffard
L'inspecteur de police (uncredited)
Jacques Hilling
Le chirurgien (uncredited)
Giani Esposito
Prince Alexandre
Jean Sylvère
Le groom (uncredited)
Max Dalban
Patron de "La Reine Blanche" (uncredited)
François Joux
Le secrétaire (uncredited)
Sylvine Delannoy
Titine (uncredited)
Philippe Clay
Casimir le Serpentin
André Claveau
Paul Delmet
Jaque Catelain
Le ministre (uncredited)
Martine Alexis
Woman (uncredited)
Robert Auboyneau
Le liftier (uncredited)
Michèle Philippe
Eleonore
Franco Pastorino
Paulo
Pierre Moncorbier
L'huissier (uncredited)
Anna Amendola
Esther Georges
Jean-Marc Tennberg
Savate
Gaston Gabaroche
Oscar
Palmyre Levasseur
Une blanchisseuse (uncredited)
Lydia Johnson
Mme. Guibolle (uncredited)
Cora Vaucaire
Esther Georges (voice)
Mario Juillard
Bruno Balpe
Jean Raymond
Paulus
Claude Arnay
Deuxième gommeux (uncredited)
Maurice Barnay
Man (uncredited)
Laurence Bataille
La Pygmée (uncredited)
Léo Campion
Le commandant (uncredited)
Valentino Garavani
Man (uncredited)
Henri-Roland Hercé
Man (uncredited)
Corinne Jansen
Woman (uncredited)
Jedlinska
La Gigolette (uncredited)
Maïa Jusanova
Woman (uncredited)
Annik Morice
Thérèse (uncredited)
Jean Mortier
Le gérant de l'hôtel (uncredited)
Michèle Nadal
Bigoudi (uncredited)
René Pascal
Man (uncredited)
André Philip
Man (uncredited)

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