French Cancan
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Music
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.
1955-04-09
fr
Cast
Director
Jean Renoir
Jean Gabin as Henri Danglard
Françoise Arnoul as Nini
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
Jacques Jouanneau as Bidon
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
Martine Alexis as Woman (uncredited)
Robert Auboyneau as Le liftier (uncredited)
Bruno Balp as Man (uncredited)
Claude Berri as Un jeune homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)
Dorothée Blanck as Woman (uncredited)
Geneviève Bujold as Woman (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 as Man (uncredited)
Jacques Hilling as Le chirurgien (uncredited)
Lydia Johnson as Mme. Guibolle (uncredited)
François Joux as Le secrétaire (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)
André Numès as Le voisin (uncredited)
Pierre Olaf as Roberto (uncredited)
Jean Sylvère as Le groom (uncredited)
Rosy Varte as Habituée du café (uncredited)
Madame Pâquerette as Mimi Prunelle (uncredited)