French Cancan

French Cancan

102 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | April 27, 1955

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.

French Cancan

102 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | April 27, 1955

French Cancan
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Franco London Films, Jolly Film
Original title French Cancan
Directors Pierre Kast, Serge Vallin, Jean Renoir
Writers André-Paul Antoine, Jean Renoir

Cast

Jean Gabin

as Henri Danglard

María Félix

as Lola

Anna Amendola

as Esther Georges

Jean-Roger Caussimon

as Baron Walter

Dora Doll

as La Génisse

Giani Esposito

as Prince Alexandre

Gaston Gabaroche

as Oscar

Jean Parédès

as Coudrier

Franco Pastorino

as Paulo

Michèle Philippe

as Eleonore

Michel Piccoli

as Le Capitaine Valorgueil

Albert Rémy

as Barjolin

France Roche

as Beatrix

Jean-Marc Tennberg

as Savate

Valentine Tessier

as Mme. Olympe

Philippe Clay

as Casimir le Serpentin

Édith Piaf

as Eugénie Buffet

Patachou

as Yvette Guilbert

Cora Vaucaire

as Esther Georges (voice)

André Claveau

as Paul Delmet

Mario Juillard

as Bruno Balpe

Jean Raymond

as Paulus

Martine Alexis

as Woman (uncredited)

Claude Arnay

as Deuxième gommeux (uncredited)

Robert Auboyneau

as Le liftier (uncredited)

Bruno Balp

as Man (uncredited)

Maurice Barnay

as Man (uncredited)

Laurence Bataille

as La Pygmée (uncredited)

Claude Berri

as Un jeune homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)

Dorothée Blanck

as Woman (uncredited)

Geneviève Bujold

as Woman (uncredited)

Léo Campion

as Le commandant (uncredited)

Jaque Catelain

as Le ministre (uncredited)

René-Jean Chauffard

as L'inspecteur de police (uncredited)

Jacques Ciron

as Premier gommeux (uncredited)

Max Dalban

as Patron de "La Reine Blanche" (uncredited)

Sylvine Delannoy

as Titine (uncredited)

Hubert Deschamps

as Isidore (uncredited)

Valentino Garavani

as Man (uncredited)

Henri-Roland Hercé

as Man (uncredited)

Jacques Hilling

as Le chirurgien (uncredited)

Corinne Jansen

as Woman (uncredited)

Jedlinska

as La Gigolette (uncredited)

Lydia Johnson

as Mme. Guibolle (uncredited)

François Joux

as Le secrétaire (uncredited)

Maïa Jusanova

as Woman (uncredited)

Ursula Vian-Kübler

as Une danseuse de "La Reine Blanche" (uncredited)

Palmyre Levasseur

as Une blanchisseuse (uncredited)

Jacques Marin

as Un spectateur (uncredited)

Paul Mercey

as Un homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)

Anne-Marie Mersen

as Paquita (uncredited)

Gaston Modot

as Le valet de Danglard (uncredited)

Pierre Moncorbier

as L'huissier (uncredited)

Annik Morice

as Thérèse (uncredited)

Jean Mortier

as Le gérant de l'hôtel (uncredited)

Michele Nadal

as Bigoudi (uncredited)

André Numès Fils

as Le voisin (uncredited)

Pierre Olaf

as Roberto (uncredited)

René Pascal

as Man (uncredited)

André Philip

as Man (uncredited)

Pâquerette

as Mimi Prunelle (uncredited)

Jean Sylvère

as Le groom (uncredited)

Rosy Varte

as Habituée du café (uncredited)