If Paris Were Told to Us

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If Paris Were Told to Us

1956

2h 5m

5.7(15 votes)

Comedy

Drama

History

Overview

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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117 members

Directing

Sacha Guitry

le narrateur et Louis XI

Acting

Louis de Funès

Antoine Allègre

Acting

Jean Marais

François Ier

Acting

Robert Lamoureux

Latude

Acting

Andrex

Paulus

Acting

Renée Saint-Cyr

l’Impératrice Eugénie

Acting

Françoise Arnoul

la duchesse de Bassano

Acting

Danielle Darrieux

Agnès Sorel

Acting

Sophie Desmarets

Rose Bertin

Acting

Clément Duhour

Aristide Bruant

Acting

Odette Joyeux

La Passementière

Acting

Pierre Larquey

Pierre Broussel

Acting

Lana Marconi

la reine Marie-Antoinette

Acting

Michèle Morgan

Gabrielle d'Estrées

Acting

Pauline Carton

la bouquiniste

Acting

Pierre Would

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Jeanne Boitel

Mme Geoffrin / Sarah Bernhardt

Acting

Gilbert Bokanowski

Louis XVI

Acting

Julien Carette

Un Cocher

Acting

Jean Martinelli

Henri IV / Firmin

Acting

Lana Marconi

Marie-Antoinette

Acting

Jean Parédès

Un Médecin

Acting

Gisèle Pascal

Comtesse de G...

Acting

Gérard Philipe

Le Trouvère

Acting

Simone Renant

Marquise de V...

Acting

Renée Saint-Cyr

L'Impératrice Eugènie

Acting

Jean Tissier

Un Gardien de Musée

Acting

Antoine Balpêtré

Verlaine

Acting

René Blancard

Aubineau

Acting

Aimé Clariond

Beaumarchais

Writing

Paul Colline

Charles VII

No Image

Acting

Suzanne Dantès

Madame d'Epinay

Acting

Jean Debucourt

Philippe de Comynes

Acting

Jean-Jacques Delbo

Monsieur de la Personne

Acting

Bernard Dhéran

Voltaire jeune

Acting

Denis d'Inès

Fontenelle

Acting

Henri Doublier

Un dominicain

No Image

Acting

Émile Drain

Victor Hugo

Acting

Pierre Dudan

Un manifestant

Acting

Jacques Dumesnil

Richelieu

Acting

Catherine Erard

La Journaliste

Acting

Jacques de Féraudy

Voltaire

Acting

Maurice Escande

Le Baron de Grimm

Acting

Michel François

Le Deuxième Visiteur

No Image

Acting

Jeanne Fusier-Gir

L'Aubergiste

Acting

Gilbert Gil

Molière

Acting

François Guérin

Le Premier Visiteur

Acting

Marguerite Jamois

Anne de Savoie

No Image

Acting

Roland Lesaffre

Le Premier Royaliste

Acting

Robert Manuel

Flaubert

Acting

Jacques Morel

Gouverneur Jourdan

Acting

Lucien Nat

Montesquieu

Acting

Claude Nollier

Anne d'Autriche

Acting

Pierre Palau

Un Moine

Acting

Jean Pâqui

Le Comte d'Orgeix

Acting

Simone Paris

Une Dame

Acting

Marguerite Pierry

La Centenaire

Acting

Jacqueline Plessis

La Reine Eléonore

Acting

Odile Rodin

La Princesse d'Essling

No Image

Acting

Claude Sylvain

Catherine de Médicis jeune

Acting

Pierre Vaneck

François Villon

Acting

Jean Weber

Henri III

Acting

Paul Fort

Self - Le prince des poètes

No Image

Acting

Maurice Utrillo

Self - Painter

No Image

Acting

Sirena Adgemova

La Baronne de Pierre

No Image

Acting

Jean-Marc Anthony

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Fernand Bellan

Tristan l'Hermitte / Fouquier-Tinville

Acting

Henri Belly

Unknown Role

Acting

Roland Bourdin

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Henri Bosc

Unknown Role

Acting

Alain Bouvette

Monsieur Duval

Acting

Wladimir Brasco

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Laurent Capelli

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Brigitte Segui de Carreras

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

André Chanu

Sully

Acting

René Charles

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Pierre Darçay

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Micheline Dax

Yvette Guilbert

Acting

Paul Demange

Fouquier-Tinville

Acting

Jacques Derives

Un Garde

No Image

Acting

Germaine Dermoz

Catherine de Médicis

Acting

Jean Dunot

Un Moine

Acting

René Dupuy

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Albert Duvaleix

Béranger

Acting

Jim Gérald

Un Cocher

Acting

Lucienne Granier

La Provinciale

Acting

Gisèle Grandpré

La Marquise de Sévigné

Acting

Janine Grenet

Marguerite de Valois

No Image

Acting

Françoise Jacquier

Une Amoureuse

No Image

Acting

Pierre Jadoux

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Ariane Lancell

Diane de Poitiers

No Image

Acting

René Lefèvre-Bel

Unknown Role

Acting

Maria Lopez

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Marcel Lupovici

Marcel Paul

Acting

Pierre Massimi

Un Photographe

Acting

Albert Médina

Paul Tabout

No Image

Acting

Annie Monnier

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Hubert Noël

Un Passant

Acting

Nadine Olivier

La Duchesse d'Etampes

No Image

Acting

Xénia Palley

Karsavina

No Image

Acting

Léna Pastor

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Josette Privat

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Jacques Ralph

Un Gardien de Prison

No Image

Acting

Jean-François Rémi

Unknown Role

Acting

Philippe Richard

Louis-Philippe

Acting

André Roanne

Denis Diderot

Acting

Catherine Romane

Une Jolie Femme

No Image

Acting

Madeleine Rousset

Unknown Role

Acting

Roger Royer

Un Officier de Police

No Image

Acting

Serge Sauvion

Un Officier de Police

Acting

Georges Spanelly

Bourgoin

Acting

Alice Tissot

Madame Denis

Acting

Irène Tunc

La Comtesse de Malazet

Acting

Pierre-Jean Vaillard

Coitier

Acting

Jacques Varennes

Scherer

Acting

Jeanne Véniat

Madame Lefebvre - la mère de Firmin

Acting

Alain Saury

Arsène (uncredited)

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