French Cancan
96 reviews
Comedy/Drama
1h 42m
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...
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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.
- DirectorJean Renoir
- Release9 April 1955
- Genre
- Duration1h 42m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate96 reviews
- Productions
Jolly Film, Franco London Films
Cast

Jean Gabin
Henri Danglard

Françoise Arnoul
Nini

María Félix
Lola

Anna Amendola
Esther Georges

Jean-Roger Caussimon
Baron Walter

Dora Doll
La Génisse

Giani Esposito
Prince Alexandre

Gaston Gabaroche
Oscar

Jacques Jouanneau
Bidon

Jean Parédès
Coudrier

Franco Pastorino
Paulo

Michèle Philippe
Eleonore

Michel Piccoli
Le Capitaine Valorgueil

Albert Rémy
Barjolin

France Roche
Beatrix

Jean-Marc Tennberg
Savate

Valentine Tessier
Mme. Olympe

Philippe Clay
Casimir le Serpentin

Édith Piaf
Eugénie Buffet

Patachou
Yvette Guilbert

Cora Vaucaire
Esther Georges (voice)

André Claveau
Paul Delmet

Martine Alexis
Woman (uncredited)

Robert Auboyneau
Le liftier (uncredited)

Bruno Balp
Man (uncredited)

Claude Berri
Un jeune homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)

Dorothée Blanck
Woman (uncredited)

Geneviève Bujold
Woman (uncredited)

Jaque Catelain
Le ministre (uncredited)

René-Jean Chauffard
L'inspecteur de police (uncredited)

Jacques Ciron
Premier gommeux (uncredited)

Max Dalban
Patron de "La Reine Blanche" (uncredited)

Sylvine Delannoy
Titine (uncredited)

Hubert Deschamps
Isidore (uncredited)

Jacques Hilling
Le chirurgien (uncredited)

Lydia Johnson
Mme. Guibolle (uncredited)

François Joux
Le secrétaire (uncredited)

Ursula Vian-Kübler
Une danseuse de "La Reine Blanche" (uncredited)

Palmyre Levasseur
Une blanchisseuse (uncredited)

Jacques Marin
Un spectateur (uncredited)

Paul Mercey
Un homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)

Anne-Marie Mersen
Paquita (uncredited)

Gaston Modot
Le valet de Danglard (uncredited)

Pierre Moncorbier
L'huissier (uncredited)

André Numès
Le voisin (uncredited)

Pierre Olaf
Roberto (uncredited)

Jean Sylvère
Le groom (uncredited)

Rosy Varte
Habituée du café (uncredited)

Madame Pâquerette
Mimi Prunelle (uncredited)
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