Pleasures of Paris

(Redirected from Beautiful Night (film))

Pleasures of Paris (French: Plaisirs de Paris) is a 1952 French-West German musical comedy film directed by Ralph Baum and starring Lucien Baroux, Jean Parédès and Geneviève Page. [1] [2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jean d'Eaubonne and Georges Wakhévitch. A separate German-language version Beautiful Night (German: Traumschöne Nacht) was also produced.

Pleasures of Paris
Directed byRalph Baum
Written byRalph Baum
Jacques Companéez
Louis Martin
Produced byMichel Safra
StarringLucien Baroux
Jean Parédès
Geneviève Page
CinematographyRobert Lefebvre
Edited byVictoria Mercanton
Music byFred Freed
Production
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Spéva Films
Distributed byDiscifilm
Pallas Filmverleih
Release date
  • 21 November 1952 (1952-11-21)
Running time
90 minutes
CountriesFrance
German
LanguagesFrench
West German

Synopsis

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A young composer has written a new revue but struggles to get it performed. He meets a famous music hall performer but mistakes her for a flower girl.

Cast

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French version

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German version

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References

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  1. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.190
  2. ^ Rège p.66

Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1951-1955. Pygmalion, 1989.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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