Moulin Rouge
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.
Awards
Cast
- Christopher Lee
- Claude Nollier
- Colette Marchand
- Diane Cilento
- Donovan Winter
- Eric Pohlmann
- Fernand Fabre
- Francis de Wolff
- Friedrich von Ledebur
- Georges Lannes
- Jean Claudio
- Jean Ozenne
- Jill Bennett
- Jim Gérald
- John van Dreelen
- José Ferrer
- Katherine Kath
- Lee Montague
- Mary Clare
- Michael Balfour
- Muriel Smith
- Peter Cushing
- Robert Le Fort
- Suzanne Flon
- Theodore Bikel
- Tutte Lemkow
- Zsa Zsa Gabor