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Release Date:
April 28, 1930
Original Title:
Sous les toits de Paris
Alternate Titles:
Bajo los techos de París
Under Paris’ hustak
Genres:
Drama | Romance
Production Companies:
Société des films sonores Tobis
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
JP: G
Runtime: 92
In the tenement slums of Paris between the world wars, impoverished street singer Albert yearns for beautiful Romanian immigrant Pola. Pola's boyfriend, local hoodlum Fred, grows jealous of Albert's constant attention to his woman and frames the hapless musician for one of his own petty crimes. But while Albert is in prison for Fred's misdeed, Pola ends up falling for Albert's faithful best friend, Louis.
Art Direction:
Lazare Meerson
Assistant Director:
Georges Lacombe
Costume Design:
René Hubert
Director:
René Clair
Director of Photography:
Georges Raulet
Georges Périnal
Editor:
René Le Hénaff
Original Music Composer:
Vincent Scotto
Raoul Moretti
Sound:
W. Morhenn
Hermann Storr
Writer:
René Clair
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