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Is Paris Burning?

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on BBC One London

A special presentation of this major international film to mark the anniversary of the Liberation of Paris which took place 30 years ago this week starring
August 1944: Hitler assigns the command of Paris to General von Choltitz. His instructions : to hold the city, or if the Germans are forced to retreat, to raze Paris to the ground. Meanwhile, the various factions of the Resistance prepare for battle.
Director RENE CLEMENT
This Week's Films: page 15

Contributors

Director:
Rene Clement
Morandat:
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Charles Monod:
Charles Boyer
Frangoise Labe:
Leslie Caron
Lt Henri Karcher:
Jean-Pierre Cassel
an American GI:
George Chakirls
Jacques Chaban-Delmas:
Alain Delon
Gen George Patton:
Kirk Douglas
General Omar Bradley:
Glenn Ford
General Dietrich von Choltitz:
Gert Frobe
Marcel Bizien:
Yves Montand
Warren,an American GI:
Anthony Perkins
Cafe Proprietress:
Simone Signoret
General Edwin Sibert:
Robert Stack
Claire:
Marie Versini
an American GI:
Skip Ward
Swedish Consul Raoul Nordling:
Orson Welles
Colonel Rol:
Bruno Cremer
Lebel:
Claude Dauphin
Alexander Parodi:
Pierre Dux
Adolf Hitler:
Billy Frick
Yves Bayet:
Daniel Gelin
Von Arnim:
Harry Meyen
Edgar Pisani:
Michel Piccoli
Joliot-Curie:
Sacha Pitoeff
Ebernach:
Wolfgang Preiss
Source: Radio Times

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