French Cancan

Directed by Jean Renoir
Not Rated
May 3, 1955    1h 42m    Box Office: $10,799Romance, Comedy,
7.3100%85%7.2
Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of the world-renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays the wily impresario Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women—an Egyptian belly-dancer and a naive working girl turned cancan star.

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  • Jean GabinHenri Danglard
  • Françoise ArnoulNini
  • María FélixLola
  • Anna AmendolaEsther Georges
  • Jean-Roger CaussimonBaron Walter
  • Dora DollLa Génisse
  • Giani EspositoPrince Alexandre
  • Gaston GabarocheOscar
  • Jacques JouanneauBidon
  • Jean ParédèsCoudrier
  • Franco PastorinoPaulo
  • Michèle PhilippeEleonore
  • Michel PiccoliLe Capitaine Valorgueil
  • Albert RémyBarjolin
  • France RocheBeatrix
  • Jean-Marc TennbergSavate
  • Valentine TessierMme. Olympe
  • Philippe ClayCasimir le Serpentin
  • Édith PiafEugénie Buffet
  • PatachouYvette Guilbert

French Cancan Ratings & Reviews

  • Jefferson BittencourtAugust 24, 2025
    A delight to watch. Beautiful photography and a very rich, cheerful and energetic scene direction. It even has a quick appearance of Edith Piaf!

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