Paris brûle-t-il?

original title:
Paris brûle-t-il?
other titles:
(Brennt Paris?), Is Paris Burning?
country / year of production:
France , USA / 1966
original length:
173 min. , black/white
premiere:
26 October 1966
genre:
history film
based on:
Dominique Lapierre/ Larry Collins. Paris brûle-t-il? (25 août 1944). Histoire de la libération de Paris. Paris: Laffont, 1964.
director:
René Clément
film script:
Larry Collins , Dominique LaPierre
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cast (role):
Jean-Paul Belmondo , Charles Boyer
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plot synopsis:
The film takes place at the end of World War II and deals with the Nazi general Dietrich von Cholitz who is in charge of Paris. He gets the order from Hitler to burn the city if the allies get to close to it. But instead he decides not to be the one who will be kown as the man who burned Paris.
keywords:
occupation , Resistance , insubordination , liberation , single fighter , high treason
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Dietrich von Choltitz. ... Brennt Paris? Adolf Hitler ... Tatsachenbericht d. letzten deutschen Befehlshabers in Paris. Mannheim: UNA Weltbücherei, 1950.
remarks:
Was two times nominated for an "Oscar" in 1967.

Because the French authorities refused to allow red and black Nazi flags in Paris, the movie had to be filmed in black and white.
availability:
VHS NTSC, DVD