It Happened in Paris
A Feature film of
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Production year1952
French release13/02/1953
Runtime1 h 30 min
Synopsis
A wealthy American young woman, Patricia, comes to spend some days at her uncle's place in Paris. A modern woman, Patricia he goes out alone and meets in a bar a pseudo-Russian prince, Wladimir, who is actually an adventurer, with two accomplices in tow. Patricia falls in love with the charming, but her father, whom the uncle has warned against Wladimir, orders his daughter to come back to New York City. She refuses and he cuts off his heiress' means of subsistence. Going for broke, Wladimir proposes to Patricia.
Credits
Actors (22)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producers : Le Monde en Images, C.F.R.
- French distribution : Alliance Générale de Distribution Cinématographique (AGDC)
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : Henri Lavorel
- Screenwriter : Ben Barzman
- Dialogue Writer : Michel Audiard
- Director of Photography : Jean-Serge Bourgoin
- Music Composer : Norbert Glanzberg
- Editor : Marinette Cadix
- Sound Recordist : Pierre Calvet
- Costume designer : Christian Dior
- Production Designer : Henri Schmitt
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological comedy
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1952
- French release : 13/02/1953
- Runtime : 1 h 30 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 13165
- Visa issue date : 23/12/1952
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
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The film was shot as a French American coproduction, in two different versions. John Berry did the English language version and then the same actors spoke in French for a version directed by Henri Lavorel.
