72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Paris brûle-t-il? / IS PARIS BURNING?

René Clément
     175 m.
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Towards the end of World War II the Allied armies are heading for Paris where the different divisions of the French Resistance are attempting to prepare themselves and organize an uprising. The German general in charge of Paris, Dietrich von Cholitz, has explicit orders from Hitler to burn and destroy the monuments were they to lose control of the city or the Allies to come too close. But, although he is one of Hitler's right-hand-men, von Cholitz unexpectedly disobeys orders.
Director
René Clément
Screenplay
Gore Vidal, Francis Ford Coppola
Photography
Marcel Grignon
Edition
Robert Lawrence
Music
Maurice Jarre
Cast
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Leslie Caron, Orson Welles, Gert Fröbe
Running Time
175 m.
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