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.
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Cast
Jean-Roger Caussimon
Baron Walter
Franco Pastorino
Paulo
Jaque Catelain
Le ministre (uncredited)
René-Jean Chauffard
L'inspecteur de police (uncredited)
Gaston Modot
Le valet de Danglard (uncredited)
Pierre Moncorbier
L'huissier (uncredited)
Jean Sylvère
Le groom (uncredited)
Anna Amendola
Esther Georges
Robert Auboyneau
Le liftier (uncredited)
Bruno Balp
Man (uncredited)
Jacques Ciron
Premier gommeux (uncredited)
Jean Parédès
Coudrier
Albert Rémy
Barjolin
María Félix
Lola
Michèle Philippe
Eleonore
Jacques Hilling
Le chirurgien (uncredited)
François Joux
Le secrétaire (uncredited)
Jacques Marin
Un spectateur (uncredited)
Pierre Olaf
Roberto (uncredited)
Jacques Jouanneau
Bidon
Max Dalban
Patron de "La Reine Blanche" (uncredited)
Patachou
Yvette Guilbert
Michel Piccoli
Le Capitaine Valorgueil
Jean-Marc Tennberg
Savate
Madame Pâquerette
Mimi Prunelle (uncredited)
Dora Doll
La Génisse
Philippe Clay
Casimir le Serpentin
Valentino
Man (uncredited)
Jean Gabin
Henri Danglard
Valentine Tessier
Mme. Olympe
Édith Piaf
Eugénie Buffet
Dorothée Blanck
Woman (uncredited)
Sylvine Delannoy
Titine (uncredited)
Hubert Deschamps
Isidore (uncredited)
Lydia Johnson
Mme. Guibolle (uncredited)
Ursula Vian-Kübler
Une danseuse de "La Reine Blanche" (uncredited)
Giani Esposito
Prince Alexandre
Rosy Varte
Habituée du café (uncredited)
Gaston Gabaroche
Oscar
Cora Vaucaire
Esther Georges (voice)
Claude Berri
Un jeune homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)
Geneviève Bujold
Woman (uncredited)
Françoise Arnoul
Nini
France Roche
Beatrix
André Claveau
Paul Delmet
Palmyre Levasseur
Une blanchisseuse (uncredited)
Anne-Marie Mersen
Paquita (uncredited)
André Numès
Le voisin (uncredited)
Martine Alexis
Woman (uncredited)
Paul Mercey
Un homme à l'inauguration (uncredited)