Is Paris Burning?(Movie, 1966)

Name: Is Paris Burning?
Genre: War, Drama, History
Released: 1966
Duration: T02:55:00
Rating: 3.6

Original title: "Paris brûle-t-il?" (French/FR)

2h 55min | Genres: War, Drama, History

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 85 votes)

Is Paris Burning? (French: Paris brûle-t-il ?) is a 1966 epic black-and-white war film about the liberation of Paris in August 1944 by the French Resistance and the Free French Forces during World War II. A French-American co-production, it was directed by French filmmaker René Clément, with a screenplay by Gore Vidal, Francis Ford Coppola, Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost and Claude Brulé, adapted from the 1965 book of the same title by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. The film stars an international ensemble cast that includes French (Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Bruno Cremer, Pierre Vaneck, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Leslie Caron, Charles..."> ()

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Awards & Nominations for Is Paris Burning?

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-And-White nominated for: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White

About Is Paris Burning?

Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of the city. After much contemplation Choltitz decides to ignore his orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, along with Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a resistance leader organize his forces.

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Paris brûle t-il (is paris burning) 1966.avi(Clip, 6:17)

Paris brûle t-il (is paris burning) 1966.avi (Clip) | Brennt Paris? ≣ 1966 ≣ Trailer (Trailer, DE) | Extraits (Trailer, FR)

Additional Information

Production countries: France, United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Persan-Beaumont Airport, rue de Rivoli, quai de l'Horloge, New Pont au Change, rue de Sévigné, place des Vosges, Notre-Dame de Paris, parvis Notre-Dame - place Jean-Paul-II, boulevard du Palais, place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville - Esplanade de la Libération, Petit Pont, Pont de la Tournelle, quai Saint-Michel, place Saint-Michel, rue de la Bûcherie, boulevard Saint-Michel, rue de la Huchette, place Saint-Sulpice, rue Casimir-Delavigne, place Edmond-Rostand, rue de Médicis, rue de Vaugirard, Champ de Mars, quai Anatole-France, rue de Varenne, Hôtel Matignon, Les Invalides, Pont Alexandre III, place de la Concorde, Avenue de Marigny, avenue des Champs-Élysées, avenue Winston-Churchill, Porte Saint-Martin, place Denfert-Rochereau, île aux Cygnes, pont de Grenelle, Place du Trocadéro, avenue de la Grande-Armée

Plays in: Paris

Made by: Paramount Pictures, Marianne Productions, Transcontinental Films

Original language: French (FR)

Spoken languages: German (DE), English (EN), French (FR)

Translated into 20 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 10/26/1966

Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron, Jean-Pierre Cassel, George Chakiris, Bruno Cremer, Claude Dauphin, Alain Delon, Kirk Douglas, Glenn Ford, Gert Fröbe, Daniel Gélin, Hannes Messemer, Harry Meyen, Yves Montand, Anthony Perkins, Michel Piccoli, Wolfgang Preiss, Claude Rich, Simone Signoret, Robert Stack, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pierre Vaneck, Orson Welles, Helmuth Schneider, Pierre Dux, Billy Frick, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer, Konrad Georg, Joachim Hansen, Günter Meisner, Sacha Pitoëff, Serge Rousseau, Marie Versini, Bernard Fresson, Pierre Collet, Michael Lonsdale, Paul Crauchet, Félix Marten, Georges Staquet, Georges Géret, Jean Négroni, Michel Etcheverry, E. G. Marshall, Billy Kearns, Claus Holm, Karl-Otto Alberty

Director: René Clément

Producer: Paul Graetz

Screenwriter: Gore Vidal, Francis Ford Coppola, Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost, Claude Brulé

Film Editor: Robert Lawrence

Director of Photography: Marcel Grignon

Composer: Maurice Jarre

Costume designer: Jean Zay

Production Designer: Willy Holt

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Paris brûle-t-il ?"

"Hoří už Paříž?"

"Paris brûle-t-il?"

Keywords: paris, france, world war ii, okkupation, france, resistance

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Is Paris Burning?(Movie, 1966)

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