The Paris Waltz

The Paris Waltz
La Valse de Paris poster (1950)
Directed by	Marcel Achard
Written by	Marcel Achard
Produced by	Pierre Gurgo-Salice
Starring	Yvonne Printemps Pierre Fresnay Jacques Charon
Cinematography	Christian Matras
Edited by	Yvonne Martin
Music by	Jacques Offenbach, arranged and directed by Louis Beydts
Production company	Lux Film
Distributed by	Lux Film
Release date	5 May 1950
Running time	92 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	French

The Paris Waltz (French: La Valse de Paris) is a 1950 French-Italian historical musical film directed by Marcel Achard and starring Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay and Jacques Charon.^[1] It portrays the life of the nineteenth century composer Jacques Offenbach.

The film's sets were designed by Robert Clavel.

Main cast[]

• Yvonne Printemps as Hortense Schneider
• Pierre Fresnay as Jacques Offenbach
• Jacques Charon as Jean-François Berthelier
• Noëlle Norman as Marie Pradeau
• Robert Manuel as José Dupuis
• Pierre Dux as General Danicheff
• Denise Provence as Brigitte
• Jacques Castelot as Le duc de Morny
• Raymonde Allain as L'impératrice Eugénie
• as Le prince
• Lucien Nat as Napoleon III
• as La duchesse de Morny
• André Roussin as Henri Meilhac
• as La mère d'Hortense
• Gabriel Gobin as Chavert - le régisseur (as Gobin)

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Hayward, Susan. French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film. Intellect Books, 2010.

External links[]

• The Paris Waltz at IMDb 

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