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Is Paris Burning? Overview:

Is Paris Burning? (1966) was a Drama - Historical Film directed by René Clément and produced by Paul Graetz.

Academy Awards 1966 --- Ceremony Number 39 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Art DirectionArt Direction: Willy Holt; Set Decoration: Marc Frederix, Pierre GuffroyNominated
Best CinematographyMarcel GrignonNominated
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IS PARIS BURNING? On Blu-ray From Kino

By Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 26, 2023 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

As a World War II buff, I've seen nearly every major film that revolves around a battle or campaign from that conflict. One WWII picture I had not yet seen was the 1966 French epic IS PARIS BURNING? Kino has just released a restored version of the film on Blu-ray.IS PARIS BURNING? is essentially a F... Read full article

Is Paris Burning? (1966)

By Beatrice on Jan 8, 2019 From Flickers in Time

Is Paris Burning? (Paris brûte-t-il?) Directed by Rene Clement Written by Gore Vidal and Francis Ford Coppola from a book by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre 1966/France/US Marianne Productions/Transcontinental Films First viewing/Amazon Instant I prefer a little depth to go with my movie stars... Read full article

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The first unit that reached Paris belonging to the 2nd Armored Divison of Gen. Henri Leclerc was formed by former Spanish republican soldiers. In the scene where the first halftracks enter Paris, you can see the names "Madrid" and "Teruel", two Spanish cities, written on their sides.
This film was completed shot in the city of Paris, capital of France. Apparently, there were 180 filming locations used within the Paris city and its environs for the shooting of this film.
The "German" tanks were American-built M-24 Chaffees with armor plates welded on.
Some of the French actors, such as Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron and Jean-Pierre Cassel, dubbed their own dialogue into English. The American theatrical release of this film had all the French dialogue parts of the film dubbed into English language.
During this movie a Nazi propaganda film is shown, saying that Poland had attacked Germany and started the war. The truth is that the Germans staged a "Polish attack" by dressing Polish prisoners in military uniforms and filming the "invasion" as an excuse to invade Poland.
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