Paris brûle-t-il ?
Paris brûle-t-il?
En ce mois d'août 1944, les armées américaines et françaises ne sont plus qu'à une centaine de kilomètres de Paris. Le général Dietrich Von Choltitz, convoqué au quartier général de Hitler, s'entend confier le commandement de la ville de Paris, avec mission, en cas de victoire alliée, de détruire la capitale sous un déluge de feu. Cependant, dans les caves parisiennes, la Résistance ne reste pas inactive. Le colonel Rol-Tanguy, chef des F.F.I., s'entend avec Jacques Chaban-Delmas, l'envoyé spécial du général de Gaulle, pour planifier l'insurrection de la population. Un massacre d'étudiants dans le bois de Boulogne, perpétré par les S.S sur dénonciation d'un traître, pousse les combattants de l'ombre à déclencher plus tôt que prévu le début des hostilités. Des affiches appelant au soulèvement armé fleurissent sur les murs de la capitale. Un groupe de résistants s'empare de la préfecture de police et s'y barricade…
Production Countries
Production Companies
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Michel Piccoli
as Edgar Pisani
Félix Marten
as Georges Landrieu
Günter Meisner
as SS Commander in Pantin
Roger Lumont
as Jade Amicol
Claude Vernier
as German prisoner
Georges Poujouly
as Landrieux (uncredited)
Michel Sardou
as Young resistant (uncredited)
Hannes Messemer
as General Jodl
Anthony Perkins
as Sgt. Warren
Pierre Collet
as Resistant policeman
Marie Versini
as Claire Morandat
Orson Welles
as Konsul Nordling
Konrad Georg
as Gen. Field Marshal Model
Patrick Dewaere
as Young resistant (uncredited)
Mike Marshall
as F.F.I. member (uncredited)
Georges Claisse
as Intern with Monod (uncredited)
Alain Delon
as Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Georges Géret
as Baker
Harry Meyen
as Lieutenant von Arnim
Michel Fugain
as Young resistant (uncredited)
Charles Boyer
as Doctor Monod
Claude Dauphin
as Colonel Lebel
Kirk Douglas
as General Patton
Pierre Dux
as Cerat - Alexandre Parodi
Glenn Ford
as Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley
Bernard Fresson
as F.F.I liaison officer
Leslie Caron
as Françoise Labé
Gert Fröbe
as Von Choltitz
Claude Rich
as General Leclerc
Georges Staquet
as Captain Dronne
André Falcon
as Member of Resistance council (uncredited)
Robert Stack
as General Sibert
Joachim Hansen
as Commander of Fresnes prison
Albert Rémy
as Policeman / Gendarme
Christian Rode
as Burned German soldier
Helmuth Schneider
as German adjutant in the subway
Otto Stern
as German soldier in the subway
Tony Taffin
as Bernard Labé
Peter Neusser
as SS (Bayeux Tapestry)
Hubert de Lapparent
as Bailiff at Matignon
E.G. Marshall
as Intelligence Officer Powell (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Cassel
as Lt. Henri Karcher
Hénia Suchar
as Prefecture's switchboard operator
Jacques Léonard
as American soldier (uncredited)
Simone Signoret
as Cafe Owner
Pierre Mirat
as Owner of the Medicis bistro
Michael Lonsdale
as Debu-Bridel (uncredited)
George Chakiris
as GI in Tank
Jean-Louis Trintignant
as Captain Serge
Skip Ward
as Charlie, U.S. soldier
Jean Valmont
as F.F.I. bazooka
Paul Crauchet
as Priest
Germaine de France
as Old lady
Suzy Delair
as Parisian woman (uncredited)
Maria Machado
as Stella (uncredited)
Jeanne Herviale
as Bit part (uncredited)
Daniel Gélin
as Yves Bayet
Wolfgang Preiss
as Capitaine Ebernach
Pierre Vaneck
as Maj. Roger Gallois
Michel Etcheverry
as Prefect Luizet
Sacha Pitoëff
as Joliot-Curie
Jean-Paul Belmondo
as Yvon Morandat
Bruno Cremer
as Colonel Rol Tanguy
Yves Montand
as Sgt. Marcel Bizien
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
as General von Voineburg
Cécile Vassort
as Young woman (uncredited)
Crew
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
Dominique LaPierre
Original Story
Louis Wipf
Unit Manager
Francis Ford Coppola
Screenplay
Pierre Guffroy
Art Direction
René Clément
Director
Willy Holt
Production Design
Larry Collins
Original Story
Gore Vidal
Screenplay
Yves Boisset
Assistant Director
Michel Wyn
Assistant Director