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