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Lovers of Paris
Lovers of Paris (original title Pot-Bouille, "Stew Pot") is a 1957 French film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Gérard Philipe. It is based on the novel "Pot-Bouille" by Émile Zola.
The movie is in black and white, and filmed in 35 mm. It premiered in France on October 18, 1957.
It was the second film Duvivier directed based on a novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, the first being "Au Bonheur des
Idol of Paris
Idol of Paris is a 1948 film based on the novel "Paiva, Queen of Love" by Alfred Schirokauer, about a mid-19th century French courtesan Theresa who sleeps her way from poverty to the top of Second Empire society. It was an attempt by its makers to imitate the success of the Gainsborough melodramas.
Cast.
- Beryl Baxter – Theresa
- Michael Rennie – Hertz, one of Theresa's lovers
- Christine Norden – Cora Pearl
- Miles Malleson – Offenbach
- Andrew