Pleasures of Paris
Appearance
(Redirected from Beautiful Night (film))
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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 | 21 November 1952 |
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. [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.
Synopsis
[edit]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
[edit]French 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
[edit]Bibliography
[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
Categories:
- 1952 films
- French musical films
- 1952 musical films
- French comedy films
- 1952 comedy films
- 1950s French-language films
- Films directed by Ralph Baum
- French black-and-white films
- 1950s French films
- Films shot in Paris
- Films set in Paris
- Films shot at Billancourt Studios
- 1950s German films
- West German films
- German musical films
- German comedy films
- 1950s French film stubs