Black Tights

Black Tights

140 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance, Music | Feb. 20, 1962

Lively scenes of Paris, all narrated by Maurice Chevalier, link together four dramatic ballet choreographies by Roland Petit: La Croqueuse de diamants (The Gold Digger), Cyrano de Bergerac, Deuil en 24 heures (A Merry Mourning), and Carmen.

Black Tights

140 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance, Music | Feb. 20, 1962

Black Tights
Lively scenes of Paris, all narrated by Maurice Chevalier, link together four dramatic ballet choreographies by Roland Petit: La Croqueuse de diamants (The Gold Digger), Cyrano de Bergerac, Deuil en 24 heures (A Merry Mourning), and Carmen.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Doperfilme, Talma Filmes, Les Artistes Associés
Original title 1-2-3-4 ou Les Collants noirs
Directors Terence Young
Writers Henri Meilhac, Roland Petit, Ludovic Halévy, Edmond Rostand, Prosper Mérimée, Raymond Queneau, Alfred Adam

Cast

Maurice Chevalier

as Himself / Narrator

Zizi Jeanmaire

as The Gold Digger / Carmen

Roland Petit

as Cyrano / The Suitor / Don José

Moira Shearer

as Roxane

Cyd Charisse

as The Widow

Georges Reich

as Christian

Hans van Manen

as The Husband / A thug / A bandit

Henning Kronstam

as The Toreador

Gérard Lemaître

as The café waiter / A thug