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Lili 1953

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 81 min

theme: musical

director: Charles Walters

Score: 5 / 10

Lili is a 1953 American film released by MGM. It stars Leslie Caron as a touchingly naïve French girl whose emotional relationship with a carnival puppeteer is conducted through the medium of four puppets. The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Score, and was also entered in the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. It was later adapted for the stage under the title Carnival! (1961).

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left|200px|thumb|Leslie Caron as Lili

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author	Helen Deutsch
award	Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	France
director	Charles Walters
editor	Ferris Webster
keywords	carnival worker country girl former dancer learn left\|200px\|thumb\|leslie caron as lili little girl old car old friend puppet show rescue scout take advantage talk voice wait wake up wedding ring world war ii
musicBy	Bronisław Kaper
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
producer	Edwin H. Knopf
productionCompany	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
publisher	Loews Cineplex Entertainment
theme	musical