Pleasures of Paris

Pleasures of Paris
Directed by	Ralph Baum
Written by	Ralph Baum Jacques Companéez Louis Martin
Produced by	Michel Safra
Starring	Lucien Baroux Jean Parédès Geneviève Page
Cinematography	Robert Lefebvre
Edited by	Victoria Mercanton
Music by	Fred Freed
Production company	Spéva Films
Distributed by	Discifilm Pallas Filmverleih
Release date	21 November 1952 (1952-11-21)
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	France German
Languages	French West German

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. 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.

Synopsis

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

French version

• Lucien Baroux as Maroni
• Jean Parédès as Albert
• Geneviève Page as Violette / Denise
• Lilo as Lilo
• Roland Alexandre as Jean-Pierre
• Max Elloy as Léon
• Palmyre Levasseur as La patronne du café
• Gaston Orbal as Un invité
• Fortunia
• Guy Marly
• Gaston Rey
• Marcel Rouzé

German version

• Ingrid Lutz as Violetta
• Rudolf Platte as Albert
• Hubert von Meyerinck as Maroni, Theaterdirektor
• Albert Hehn as Peter
• Lilo as Lilo

Bibliography

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

External links

• French version at IMDb
• German version at IMDb