Is Paris Buring? [Blu-ray]

Director: René Clément René Clément

Overview

In 1944, with Paris on the verge of Liberation by the allies, Adolph Hitler ordered that the City of Light be blown up and burned to the ground. General Dietrich Von Choltitz, after much rumination, decided that he didn't want to go down in history as the man who destroyed Paris. His refusal to follow Hitler's orders would make him a pariah in Germany for the rest of his life; nor was his gesture ever rewarded by the Allies. From this very human story in the midst of one of the most inhuman conflicts in history grew the screenplay (by Gore Vidal and Francis Ford Coppola) of the all-star, internationally produced Is Paris Burning? Whereas the earlier The Longest Day was able to support a castful of celebrities and brief subplot vignettes, Is Paris Burning? seems more weighted down than weighty. Still, a modern audience will have fun playing "spot the star" throughout the film, especially when those spotted stars include the likes of Gert Frobe (as Choltitz), Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Kirk Douglas (as Patton), Glenn Ford (as Bradley), Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Robert Stack, and even Anthony Perkins as a wide-eyed GI. Filmed on a gargantuan scale, Is Paris Burning? was based on a book by Larry Collins and Dominique LaPierre. The film was lensed in black and white, save for the Technicolor finale (in the original road-show prints).

Product Details

Release Date:	08/15/2023
UPC:	0738329263768
Original Release:	1966
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Language:	English
Time:	2:53:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Orson Welles	Actor
Alain Delon	Actor
Pierre Vaneck	Actor
Jean-Paul Belmondo	Morandat
Charles Boyer	Monod
Leslie Caron	Francoise Labe
Jean-Pierre Cassel	Lt. Henri Karcher
George Chakiris	GI in Tank
Claude Dauphin	Lebel
Kirk Douglas	Gen. George Patton
Glenn Ford	Gen. Omar Bradley
E.G. Marshall	Intelligence Officer Powell
Yves Montand	Marcel Bizien
Anthony Perkins	Sgt. Warren
Claude Rich	Gen. Jacques Leclerc
Simone Signoret	Cafe Proprietress
Robert Stack	Gen. Edwin Sibert
Jean-Louis Trintignant	Serge
Marie Versini	Claire
Skip Ward	GI with Warren
Bruno Cremer	Col. Rol
Suzy Delair	A Parisienne
Pierre Dux	Parodi
Billy Frick	Hitler
Harry Meyen	Von Arnim
Hannes Messemer	Jodl
Michel Piccoli	Pisani
Sacha Pitoeff	Joliot-Curie
Wolfgang Preiss	Ebernach
Michel Berger	Chief of Explosives
Gehrard Borman	Von Choltitz's Secretary
Georges Claisse	Intern with Monod
Germaine de France	Old Woman
Doc Ericson	Jeep Driver
Michel Etcheverry	Luizet
Pascal Fardoulis	Gilet
Bernard Fresson	Liaison Agent
Ernst Fritz Furbringer	von Boineburg,von Boineburg
Clara Gansard	Wife of Col. Rol
Rol Gauffin	Consul Nordling's Secretary
Michel Gonzales	Jacques
Konrad Georg	Von Model
Claus Holm	Huhm
Jean-Pierre Honore	Alain Perpezat
Peter Jacob	Gen. Burgdorf
Catherine Kamenka	Diane
Billy Kearns	Patton Aide
Pierre Collet	Policier resistant
Joelle Latour	Young Girl with Warren
Paul Crauchet	Le cure
Hubert de Lapparent	Huissier Matignon
Michel Lonsdale	Debu-Bridel
Roger Lumont	`Jade Amicol'
Maria Machado	Stella
Aime de March	Roland Pre
Felix Marten	Landrieu
Paloma Matta	The Bride
Pierre Mirat	Cafe Proprietor
Harald Momm	Col. Jay
Georges Montant	Doctor
Peter Neusser	SS tapisserie de Bayeux
Russ Moro	Lieutenant with Warren
Del Negro	Officer with Chaban-Delmas
Jean Negroni	Villon
Jean-Michel Rouziere	Monsieur au chien
Alain Pommier	Franjoux
Georges Poujouly	Landrieux
Michel Puterflam	Laffont
Christian Rode	Blache
Serge Rousseau	Col. Fabien
Michel Sales	Gallois' friend
Wolfgang Saure	Hegel
Georges Staquet	Capt. Dronne
Otto Stern	Wagenknecht
Henia Suchar	Prefecture Switchboard Operator
Toni Taffin	Bernard Labe
Pierre Tamin	Maurannes
Jean Valmont	Bazooka
Jo Warfield	Major with Chaban-Delmas
Joachim Westhoss	German Officer with Claire
Gert Fröbe	Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz
Jean-Pierre Zola	Cpl. Mayer
Karl Otto Alberty	Actor
Albert Remy	Actor
Daniel Gélin	Yves Bayet
Georges Géret	Cmdr. George
Joachim Hansen	Actor
Gunter Meisner	Actor
Helmut Schneider	Actor
Maurice Jarre	Composer
Bruno Crémer	Actor

Technical Credits

Gore Vidal

Francis Ford Coppola

Marcel Moussy

Jean Aurenche

Pierre Bost

Claude Brulé

René Clément	Director
Gore Vidal	Screenwriter
Francis Ford Coppola	Screenwriter
Paul Graetz	Producer
Robert MacDonald	Special Effects
Paul Pollard	Special Effects
Marcel Moussy	Screenwriter
Jean Aurenche	Screenwriter
Pierre Bost	Screenwriter
Claude Brulé	Screenwriter
Jacques Carrère	Sound Effects
Denise Charvein	Sound Effects
Daniel Couteau	Sound Effects
Johnny Dwyre	Sound Effects
Jean Nény	Sound Effects