The Sparrows of Paris
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Directed by | Maurice Cloche |
Written by | Maurice Cloche André Hornez |
Produced by | Maurice Cloche |
Starring | Jean-Pierre Aumont Louis de Funès Virginia Keiley |
Cinematography | Nicolas Hayer |
Edited by | Renée Gary |
Music by | Paul Bonneau |
Production company | Les Films Maurice Cloche |
Distributed by | Ciné Sélection |
Release date | 12 June 1953 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
The Sparrows of Paris (French: Moineaux de Paris) is a 1953 French comedy drama film directed and written by Maurice Cloche and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis de Funès and Virginia Keiley.[1]
Plot[]
Impresario Mr. Smith and his daughter want to engage a group of French musicians. On this occasion, Peggy Smith wears a necklace with a locket. One of the musicians identifies the locket as property of his grandmother. When Ms. Smith insists on keeping it, the musician calls for his ancestors, and the reborn French elite soldier Césarin answers.
Cast[]
- Jean-Pierre Aumont as Césarin, Horse Grenadier of the Imperial Guard (Napoleon I)
- Louis de Funès as the doctor
- Virginia Keiley as Peggy Smith, the impresario's daughter
- Max Elloy as P'tit Louis
- as the choir school manager
- as Mr Smith, the American impresario
- Little Singers of the Wooden Cross as Themselves
- Paul Demange
- Léonce Corne
- Odette Barencey
- Jacques Famery
References[]
- ^ "Aka: Moineaux of Paris (International)". Retrieved 2013-01-29.
External links[]
- The Sparrows of Paris at IMDb
- Moineaux de Paris (1952) at the Films de France
- Moineaux de Paris (1952) at Uni France films
Categories:
- French-language films
- 1953 films
- 1950s musical comedy-drama films
- 1950s ghost films
- French musical comedy-drama films
- French fantasy comedy-drama films
- French musical fantasy films
- French films
- 1950s French-language films
- French black-and-white films
- Films directed by Maurice Cloche
- 1950s fantasy-comedy films
- 1950s musical fantasy films
- French ghost films
- 1953 comedy films
- 1953 drama films
- 1950s French film stubs