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1952 film

Pleasures of Paris

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	21 November 1952 (1952-11-21)
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	France German
Languages	French West German

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. 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.

Synopsis

A 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

French version

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

Ingrid Lutz as Violetta
Rudolf Platte as Albert
Hubert von Meyerinck as Maroni, Theaterdirektor
Albert Hehn as Peter
Lilo as Lilo

References

Bessy & Chirat p.190
Rège p.66

Bibliography

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

French version at IMDb
German version at IMDb

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