Moulin Rouge (1952 film)
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| Directed by | John Huston |
| Produced by | John and James Woolf |
| Written by | John Huston Anthony Veiller Pierre La Mure (Novel) |
| Starring |
José Ferrer Zsa Zsa Gabor Suzanne Flon |
| Music by |
Georges Auric William Engvick |
| Cinematography | Oswald Morris |
| Edited by | Ralph Kemplen |
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United Artists (US) British Lion Films (UK) |
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119 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | USD$1.5 million (approx. £967,785) |
| Box office | $5 million (est. US/ Canada rentals) |
Moulin Rouge is a 1952 British drama film directed by John Huston, produced by John and James Woolf for their Romulus Films company and released by United Artists. The film is set in Paris in the late 19th century, following artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in the city's bohemian sub-culture in and around the burlesque palace, the Moulin Rouge. The screenplay is by Huston, based on the novel by Pierre La Mure. The cinematography was by Oswald Morris. This movie was screened at Venice Film Festival (1953) where it won the Silver Lion.
The film stars José Ferrer as Toulouse-Lautrec, with Zsa Zsa Gabor as Jane Avril, Suzanne Flon, Eric Pohlmann, Colette Marchand, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Katherine Kath, Theodore Bikel, and Muriel Smith.
In 1890 Paris, as crowds pour into the Moulin Rouge nightclub, young artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec finishes a bottle of cognac and sketches the dancers as they perform. The nightclub's regulars each stop by: singer Jane Avril teases Henri charmingly, dancers La Goulue and Aicha fight, and owner Maurice Joyant offers Henri free drinks for a month in exchange for painting a promotional poster. At closing time, Henri waits for the crowds to disperse before standing to reveal his four-foot six-inch body. As he walks to his Montmartre apartment, he recalls the events that led to his disfigurement.
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