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Is Paris Burning?

Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of the city. After much contemplation Choltitz decides to ignore his orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, along with Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a resistance leader organize his forces.

1966 |2h 53m |  War, Drama, History

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Cast

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Jean-Paul Belmondo

Yvon Morandat

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Charles Boyer

Doctor Monod

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Leslie Caron

Françoise Labé

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Jean-Pierre Cassel

Lt. Henri Karcher

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George Chakiris

GI in Tank

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Bruno Cremer

Colonel Rol Tanguy

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Claude Dauphin

Colonel Lebel

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Alain Delon

Jacques Chaban-Delmas

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Kirk Douglas

General Patton

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Pierre Dux

Cerat - Alexandre Parodi

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Glenn Ford

Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley

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Gert Fröbe

Von Choltitz

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Daniel Gélin

Yves Bayet

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Georges Géret

Baker

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Hannes Messemer

General Jodl

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Harry Meyen

Lieutenant von Arnim

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Yves Montand

Sgt. Marcel Bizien

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Anthony Perkins

Sgt. Warren

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Michel Piccoli

Edgar Pisani

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Wolfgang Preiss

Capitaine Ebernach

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Claude Rich

General Leclerc

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Robert Stack

General Sibert

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Simone Signoret

Cafe Owner

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Jean-Louis Trintignant

Captain Serge

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Pierre Vaneck

Maj. Roger Gallois

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Marie Versini

Claire Morandat

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Skip Ward

Charlie, U.S. soldier

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Michel Etcheverry

Prefect Luizet

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Ernst Fritz Fürbringer

General von Voineburg

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Konrad Georg

Gen. Field Marshal Model

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Joachim Hansen

Commander of Fresnes prison

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Félix Marten

Georges Landrieu

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Günter Meisner

SS Commander in Pantin

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Sacha Pitoëff

Joliot-Curie

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Christian Rode

Burned German soldier

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Helmuth Schneider

German adjutant in the subway

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Otto Stern

German soldier in the subway

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Tony Taffin

Bernard Labé

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Jean Valmont

F.F.I. bazooka

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Pierre Collet

Resistant policeman

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Paul Crauchet

Priest

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Germaine de France

Old lady

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Bernard Fresson

F.F.I liaison officer

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Hubert de Lapparent

Bailiff at Matignon

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Roger Lumont

Jade Amicol

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Pierre Mirat

Owner of the Medicis bistro

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Peter Neusser

SS (Bayeux Tapestry)

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Georges Staquet

Captain Dronne

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Hénia Suchar

Prefecture's switchboard operator

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Claude Vernier

German prisoner

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Georges Claisse

Intern with Monod (uncredited)

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Suzy Delair

Parisian woman (uncredited)

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Patrick Dewaere

Young resistant (uncredited)

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André Falcon

Member of Resistance council (uncredited)

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Michel Fugain

Young resistant (uncredited)

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Jeanne Herviale

Bit part (uncredited)

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Michael Lonsdale

Debu-Bridel (uncredited)

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Jacques Léonard

American soldier (uncredited)

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Maria Machado

Stella (uncredited)

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E.G. Marshall

Intelligence Officer Powell (uncredited)

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Mike Marshall

F.F.I. member (uncredited)

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Georges Poujouly

Landrieux (uncredited)

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Cécile Vassort

Young woman (uncredited)

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Michel Sardou

Young resistant (uncredited)

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Language

English, German, French

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