---
title: 'Gates of Paris (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'René Clair'
released: '1957-09-20'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/gates-of-paris-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050850/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Gates of Paris (1957)

1957 · 95 min · Drama · France, Italy

Original title: Porte des Lilas

## Synopsis

Porte des Lilas is a 1957 French-Italian crime drama film directed by René Clair, based on René Fallet's novel La Grande ceinture. The film is known as both Gates of Lilacs and The Gates of Paris, but was released under the latter title in the United States.

## Credits

- **Original Music Composer:** [Georges Brassens](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-brassens)
- **Director:** [René Clair](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-clair)
- **Screenplay:** [René Clair](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-clair), [Jean Aurel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-aurel)
- **Producer:** [René Clair](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-clair)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Lefebvre](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-lefebvre)
- **Editor:** [Louisette Hautecoeur](https://cinepixo.com/people/louisette-hautecoeur)

## Cast

- [Gérard Buhr](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-buhr)
- [Robert Mercier](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-mercier)
- [Henri Vidal](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-vidal)
- [Jacques Marin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-marin)
- [Dany Carrel](https://cinepixo.com/people/dany-carrel)
- [Jean Sylvain](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-sylvain)
- [Georges Demas](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-demas)
- [Michel Lucas](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-lucas)
- [Raymond Bussières](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-bussieres)
- [Pierre Brasseur](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-brasseur)
- [Charles Bouillaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bouillaud)
- [Georges Bever](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-bever)
- [Joël Monteilhet](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-monteilhet)
- [Alice Tissot](https://cinepixo.com/people/alice-tissot)
- [Georges Brassens](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-brassens)

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