"The extraordinary story of Edith Piaf."

2007

2h 20m

7.4(1665 votes)

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Overview

From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's most famous concert halls, Edith Piaf's life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Raised in her grandmother's brothel, Piaf was discovered in 1935 by nightclub owner Louis Leplee, who persuaded her to sing despite her extreme nervousness. Piaf became one of France's immortal icons, her voice one of the indelible signatures of the 20th century.

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86 members

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Marion Cotillard

Edith Piaf

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Sylvie Testud

Simone 'Mômone' Berteaut

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Pascal Greggory

Louis Barrier

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Emmanuelle Seigner

Titine

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Jean-Paul Rouve

Louis Gassion

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Gérard Depardieu

Louis Leplée

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Clotilde Courau

Annetta Gassion

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Jean-Pierre Martins

Marcel Cerdan

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Catherine Allégret

Louise Gassion

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Marc Barbé

Raymond Asso

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Caroline Silhol

Marlene Dietrich

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Manon Chevallier

Edith - 5 years old

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Pauline Burlet

Edith - 10 years old

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Élisabeth Commelin

Danielle Bonel

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André Penvern

Jacques Canetti

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Marie-Armelle Deguy

Marguerite Monnot

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Valérie Moreau

Jeanne

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Marc Gannot

Marc Bonel

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Jean-Paul Muel

Bruno Coquatrix

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Nathalie Dorval

Mireille

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Caroline Raynaud

Ginou

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Christophe Odent

Dr. Bernay

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Harry Hadden-Paton

Doug Davis

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Cylia Malki

Philipo

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Édith Le Merdy

Simone Margantin

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Laurent Olmedo

Jacques Pills

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Denis Ménochet

Journalist in Orly

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Josette Ménard

Mamy

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Dominique Paturel

Lucien Roupp

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Nicholas Pritchard

Jameson

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William Armstrong

Clifford Fisher

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Aubert Fenoy

Michel Emer

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Mario Hacquard

Charles Dumont

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Agathe Bodin

Suzanne

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Chantal Bronner

Josette

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Olivier Cruveiller

Inspector Guillaume

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Ashley Wanninger

Leplée's Assistant

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Laurent Schilling

Claude

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Dominique Bettenfeld

Albert

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Alban Casterman

Charles Aznavour

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Sébastien Tavel

Interviewer

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Nicole Dubois

Seamstress

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Martin Janis

Jean Mermoz

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Eric Franquelin

Etienne

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Marc Chapiteau

Mitty Goldin

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Maureen Demidof

Marcelle

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Farida Amrouche

Aïcha

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Pierre Peyrichout

Journalist

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Liliane Cebrian

Palm reader

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Pavlína Němcová

American journalist

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Jean-Jacques Desplanque

Tony Zale

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Alain Figlarz

Boxing trainer

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Nathalie Cox

Pin-up

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Pierre Derenne

P'tit Louis

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Emy Lévy

Brothel girl

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Laura Stainkrycer

Brothel girl

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Lucie Březovská

Brothel girl

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Věra Havelková

Brothel girl

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Jan Kuželka

Brothel customer

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Jan Filipenský

Fire eater

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Mathias Honoré

Mr. Loyal

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Martin Sochor

O'Dett audience member

Crew

Lenka Kourilova

O'Dett audience member

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Diana Stewart

American woman

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Robert Paturel

Boxing ring corner-man

Art

Olivier Raoux

Waiter

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Philippe Bricard

Man in Lannes

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Jaroslav Vízner

New year's eve man

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Nicolas Simon

Journalist by the church

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Pascal Mottier

Boy

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Thierry Gibault

Ostende doctor

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Garrick Hagon

American doctor

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Vladimír Javorský

Street spectator

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Fabien Duval

Policeman

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Rodolphe Saulnier

Barman

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Fedele Papalia

Diner waiter

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Pier Luigi Colombetti

Brasserie owner

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Zdena Herfortová

Woman Etoile Cafe

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Olivier Carbone

Transvestite

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Laurence Gormezano

Brasserie waitress

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Christophe Kourotchkine

Civilian policeman

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Robert Nebřenský

Doctor in Dreux

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Jaromír Janeček

Show manager in Dreux

Sound

Christopher Gunning

Orchestra conductor

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Jil Aigrot

Edith Piaf (singing voice)

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Marek Vašut

Docteur in Belleville (uncredited)

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