French Cancan (1955)
French Cancan (1955)
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.
Subs
Currently French Cancan is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jean Gabin
Henri Danglard
Françoise Arnoul
Nini
María Félix
Lola
Anna Amendola
Esther Georges
Jean-Roger Caussimon
Baron Walter
Dora Doll
La Génisse
Giani Esposito
Prince Alexandre
Gaston Gabaroche
Oscar
Jacques Jouanneau
Bidon
Jean Parédès
Coudrier
Franco Pastorino
Paulo
Michèle Philippe
Eleonore
Michel Piccoli
Le Capitaine Valorgueil
Albert Rémy
Barjolin
France Roche
Beatrix
Jean-Marc Tennberg
Savate
Valentine Tessier
Mme. Olympe
Philippe Clay
Casimir le Serpentin
Édith Piaf
Eugénie Buffet
Patachou
Yvette Guilbert
Cora Vaucaire
Esther Georges (voice)
André Claveau
Paul Delmet
Mario Juillard
Bruno Balpe
Jean Raymond
Paulus
Martine Alexis
Woman (uncredited)
Claude Arnay
Deuxième gommeux (uncredited)
Robert Auboyneau
Le liftier (uncredited)
Bruno Balp
Man (uncredited)
Maurice Barnay
Man (uncredited)
Laurence Bataille
La Pygmée (uncredited)
Claude Berri
Un jeune homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)
Dorothée Blanck
Woman (uncredited)
Geneviève Bujold
Woman (uncredited)
Léo Campion
Le commandant (uncredited)
Jaque Catelain
Le ministre (uncredited)
René-Jean Chauffard
L'inspecteur de police (uncredited)
Jacques Ciron
Premier gommeux (uncredited)
Max Dalban
Patron de 'La Reine Blanche' (uncredited)
Sylvine Delannoy
Titine (uncredited)
Hubert Deschamps
Isidore (uncredited)
Valentino Garavani
Man (uncredited)
Henri-Roland Hercé
Man (uncredited)
Jacques Hilling
Le chirurgien (uncredited)
Corinne Jansen
Woman (uncredited)
Jedlinska
La Gigolette (uncredited)
Lydia Johnson
Mme. Guibolle (uncredited)
François Joux
Le secrétaire (uncredited)
Maïa Jusanova
Woman (uncredited)
Ursula Vian-Kübler
Une danseuse de 'La Reine Blanche' (uncredited)
Palmyre Levasseur
Une blanchisseuse (uncredited)
Jacques Marin
Un spectateur (uncredited)
Paul Mercey
Un homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)
Anne-Marie Mersen
Paquita (uncredited)
Gaston Modot
Le valet de Danglard (uncredited)
Pierre Moncorbier
L'huissier (uncredited)
Annik Morice
Thérèse (uncredited)
Jean Mortier
Le gérant de l'hôtel (uncredited)
Michèle Nadal
Bigoudi (uncredited)
André Numès
Le voisin (uncredited)
Pierre Olaf
Roberto (uncredited)
René Pascal
Man (uncredited)
André Philip
Man (uncredited)
Pâquerette
Mimi Prunelle (uncredited)
Jean Sylvère
Le groom (uncredited)
Rosy Varte
Habituée du café (uncredited)
André-Paul Antoine
Idea
Jean Renoir
Director / Adaptation / Writer
Michel Kelber
Director of Photography
Louis Wipf
Producer
Max Douy
Production Design
Rosine Delamare
Costume Design
Georges van Parys
Original Music Composer
Antoine Petitjean
Sound
Serge Vallin
Assistant Director
Pierre Kast
Assistant Director
Yvonne Fortuna
Makeup Artist
Borys Lewin
Editor
Jean André
Set Decoration
Jacques Douy
Set Decoration
Huguette LaLaurette
Hairstylist
Claude Grandjean
Choreographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 27, 1955
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
French Cancan (also known as Only the French Can) is a 1955 French-Italian musical film written and directed by Jean Renoir and starring Jean Gabin and Francoise Arnoul.
Where Renoir's previous film Le Carosse d’or had celebrated the 18th-century Italian commedia dell’arte, this work is a homage to the Parisian café-concert of the 19th century with its popular singers and dancers. Visually, the film evokes the paintings of Edgar Degas and the Impressionists, including his own father, Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It also marked his return to France and to French cinema after an exile that began in 1940.It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy.
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