Moulin Rouge 1952

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 119 min

genre: drama

theme: biographical

director: John Huston

Score: 5 / 10

Moulin Rouge is a 1952 British drama film, written and directed by John Huston, based on the 1950 novel by Pierre La Mure, and produced by John and James Woolf. The film follows artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in 19th-century Paris's bohemian subculture in and around the Moulin Rouge, a burlesque palace. The film was screened at the 14th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Lion.

Plot

In 1890 Paris crowds pour into the Moulin Rouge nightclub as artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec finishes a bottle of cognac while sketching the club's dancers. The club's regulars arrive: singer Jane Avril teases Henri charmingly, dancers La Goulue and Aicha fight, and owner Maurice Joyant offers Henri free drinks for a month in exchange for painting a promotional poster. At closing time, Henri waits for the crowds to disperse before standing to reveal his four-foot six-inch stature. As he walks to his Montmartre apartment, he recalls the events that led to his disfigurement.

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author	Anthony Veiller John Huston Pierre La Mure
award	Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color
contentLocation	Paris
director	John Huston
editor	Ralph Kemplen
genre	drama historical romance
keywords	bite buy childhood home closing time dance hall delirium tremens discover dress shop drink dump final battle flea market henri de toulouse-lautrec high society jane avril la goulue last rites model montmartre morning moulin rouge new life one night paint poison police sergeant pont alexandre iii posing for a portrait rush shop sing sketch street walker think true love wait young adult young woman
musicBy	Georges Auric
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
producer	John and James Woolf
productionCompany	John and James Woolf
publisher	British Lion Films United Artists
recordedAt	London Paris
theme	biographical dance romantic drama