If Paris Were Told to Us
Synopsis
Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its founding through the significant events in the city's history.
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Director (1)
Actors (140)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : Franco-London Films, Gaumont, Courts et Longs Métrages (CLM)
- Film exports/foreign sales : Editions René Château
- French distribution : Gaumont
Full credits (21)
- Adaptation : Sacha Guitry
- Screenwriter : Sacha Guitry
- Dialogue Writer : Sacha Guitry
- Director of Photography : Philippe Agostini
- Music Composer : Jean Françaix
- Assistant Director : Eugène Lourie
- Editor : Paulette Robert
- Sound recordists : Joseph de Bretagne, Émile Lagarde
- Costume designers : Monique Dunand, Maggy Rouff
- Producers : Alain Poiré, Henry Deutschmeister
- Line Producer : Clément Duhour
- Sound Assistant : Émile Lagarde
- Assistant Operator : Georges Barsky
- Camera operators : Jean-Marie Maillols, Raymond Letouzey
- Production Manager : Gilbert Bokanowski
- Assistant editor : Nadine Trintignant
- Continuity supervisor : Francine Corteggiani
- Production Designers : René Renoux, Henri Schmitt
- Art Director : Pierre Tyberghein
- Still Photographer : Jean Klissak
- Location Manager : André Chabrol
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Historical
- Themes : City
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 1955
- French release : 10/02/1956
- Runtime : 2 h 10 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 17174
- Visa issue date : 26/01/1956
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Audio format : Mono
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Review
Producer/director Sacha Guitry's contribution to the 1956 film season was the free-flowing historical pageant Si Paris Nous Etait Conte (If Paris Were Told to Us). Guitry himself appears as the ghost of King Louis XI, who relates the story of Paris to a group of fascinated modern-day students. As usual, Guitry manages to "humanize" history by depicting the great men and women of France in amusing warts-and-all fashion. Symbolizing the indomitable spirit of Paris is Robert Lamoureaux as Latude, a prisoner of the Bastille who repeatedly tries to escape, and just as repeatedly is captured and thrown back in jail. A note of pathos is provided by Jacques de Feraudy as the dying Voltaire. Though Sacha Guitry suffered a stroke and was confined to a wheelchair throughout much of the filming of Si Paris Nous Etait Conte, he still had two more films left in him before his death in 1957--just 10 days after Bastille Day.
Source : allmovie.com
