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French Cancan

1955-04-091h 42mComedy / Drama / Romance7.2/10TMDB · 110 votes

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.

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Directed byJean Renoir

Original languageFrench

Original release1955-04-09

ProductionFrance, Italy

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Jean GabinHenri Danglard

Françoise ArnoulNini

María FélixLola

Anna AmendolaEsther Georges

Jean-Roger CaussimonBaron Walter

Dora DollLa Génisse

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Giani EspositoPrince Alexandre Gaston GabarocheOscar Jacques JouanneauBidon Jean ParédèsCoudrier Franco PastorinoPaulo Michèle PhilippeEleonore Michel PiccoliLe Capitaine Valorgueil Albert RémyBarjolin France RocheBeatrix Jean-Marc TennbergSavate Valentine TessierMme. Olympe Philippe ClayCasimir le Serpentin Édith PiafEugénie Buffet PatachouYvette Guilbert Cora VaucaireEsther Georges (voice)André ClaveauPaul Delmet Mario JuillardBruno Balpe Jean RaymondPaulus Martine AlexisWoman (uncredited)Claude ArnayDeuxième gommeux (uncredited)Robert AuboyneauLe liftier (uncredited)Bruno BalpMan (uncredited)Maurice BarnayMan (uncredited)Laurence BatailleLa Pygmée (uncredited)Claude BerriUn jeune homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)Dorothée BlanckWoman (uncredited)Geneviève BujoldWoman (uncredited)Léo CampionLe commandant (uncredited)Jaque CatelainLe ministre (uncredited)René-Jean ChauffardL'inspecteur de police (uncredited)Jacques CironPremier gommeux (uncredited)Max DalbanPatron de "La Reine Blanche" (uncredited)Sylvine DelannoyTitine (uncredited)Hubert DeschampsIsidore (uncredited)ValentinoMan (uncredited)Henri-Roland HercéMan (uncredited)Jacques HillingLe chirurgien (uncredited)Corinne JansenWoman (uncredited)JedlinskaLa Gigolette (uncredited)Lydia JohnsonMme. Guibolle (uncredited)François JouxLe secrétaire (uncredited)Maïa JusanovaWoman (uncredited)Ursula Vian-KüblerUne danseuse de "La Reine Blanche" (uncredited)Palmyre LevasseurUne blanchisseuse (uncredited)Jacques MarinUn spectateur (uncredited)Paul MerceyUn homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)Anne-Marie MersenPaquita (uncredited)Gaston ModotLe valet de Danglard (uncredited)Pierre MoncorbierL'huissier (uncredited)Annik MoriceThérèse (uncredited)Jean MortierLe gérant de l'hôtel (uncredited)Michèle NadalBigoudi (uncredited)André NumèsLe voisin (uncredited)Pierre OlafRoberto (uncredited)René PascalMan (uncredited)André PhilipMan (uncredited)Jean SylvèreLe groom (uncredited)Rosy VarteHabituée du café (uncredited)Madame PâqueretteMimi Prunelle (uncredited)

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