Tabarin (1958)
Directed by Richard Pottier

Drama

Film Synopsis

Forestier, the director of the music hall Le Tabarin, is looking for a new dancer.  In the end, he must hire Florence, his former mistress.  But she has hopes of working in cabaret and becomes the mistress of another man, Ferjeac, one of Forestier's former associates.  Before long, Le Tabarin goes bankrupt...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Richard Pottier
  • Script: Jean Ferry (dialogue), André Legrand (story), Richard Pottier
  • Cinematographer: Lucien Joulin
  • Music: Francis Lopez
  • Cast: Michel Piccoli (Jacques Forestier), Annie Cordy (Mimi), Sylvia Lopez (Florence Didier), Sonja Ziemann (Rosine Forestier), Henri Vilbert (Morelli), Mischa Auer (Boris), Jean-Pierre Kérien (Larjac), Germaine Damar (Brigitte), Enrico Glori (Truffaut), Luisella Boni (Simone), Nicole Vattier (Madame Leroux), Angelo Dessy (Paolo), Alice Kessler (Une jumelle), Ellen Kessler (Une jumelle), Les Bluebell Girls (Dancers), Le French Cancan du Moulin Rouge (Dancers), Jean Lefebvre (Julien), René Serge, Pierre Durou, Lydia Dubourg
  • Country: France / Italy
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 110 min

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