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