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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792188285
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792188284
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 10, 2003
Running Time: 172 minutes
Sales Rank: 14413
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 1966
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
This big-budget, star-studded epic 1966 French film features well-known actors from both Europe and America in the story of the final battles over the liberation of Paris at the end of the Second World War. Is Paris Burning? tells the story from all perspectives, from the Nazis to the French resistance, allowing for star turns and cameos from an illustrious group of actors, including Jean-Paul Belmondo (Breathless), Kirk Douglas (Spartacus), Orson Welles (The Third Man), Leslie Caron, Glenn Ford, Charles Boyer, Anthony Perkins, and many others. As the members of the resistance fight for control of the city, the Nazis order the commander in Paris (Gert Fröbe) to burn the city if the resistance gains the upper hand. Written for the screen by author Gore Vidal and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, director René Clément's film hearkens back to the star-filled epics of America's heyday while retaining a modern French sensibility. --Robert Lane
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Did it really happen??
Remember this movie from years ago(60) Still worth seeing Paris as it was in 1944. Should serve as a reminder that these things are still going on today.
Rating: - The Liberation of Paris...
1966's "Is Paris Burning?" was one of several ensemble 1960's movie epics commemorating the Allied victory in World War II. It was based on the historical account by Larry Collins and Dominique LaPierre of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in 1944.
This is a French production and its cast and point of view are largely French. At the start of the film, Hitler appoints a new German commander in Paris (Gert Frobe, Goldfinger from the James Bond movie) who is directed to burn ... Read More
Rating: - For WWII History Buffs
The quality of the production isn't the best, but if you are a World War II history buff, you will love this DVD.
Rating: - Despite Its Flaws
And it has many...it is star gazing on a grand scale. Only the Hubble or The Longest Day can show you more.
Rating: - A city on the edge of destruction
If the tagline for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World was `Everyone whose ever been funny is in it,' then Rene Clement's epic could almost lay claim that `Anyone who's ever been French is in it,' assembling Alain Delon, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Michel Piccoli, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Claude Rich and others (Paul Crauchet, Bernard Fresson, Michel Lonsdale, Patrick Dewaere and Albert Remy can also be spotted if you look hard enough) ... Read More
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