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title: 'Is Paris Burning? (1966)'
type: 'film'
director: 'René Clément'
released: '1966-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 175
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/is-paris-burning-1966'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060814/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Is Paris Burning? (1966)

1966 · 175 min · Drama, War · France, United States

Original title: Paris brûle-t-il ?

## Synopsis

Is Paris Burning? is a 1966 black-and-white epic war film about the liberation of Paris in August 1944 by the French Resistance and the Free French Forces during World War II. A French-American co-production, it was directed by French filmmaker René Clément, with a screenplay by Gore Vidal, Francis Ford Coppola, Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost and Claude Brulé, adapted from the 1965 book of the same title by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. The film stars an international ensemble cast that includes French, American and German stars.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Jean Aurenche](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-aurenche), [Claude Brulé](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-brule), [Pierre Bost](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-bost), [Francis Ford Coppola](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-ford-coppola), [Gore Vidal](https://cinepixo.com/people/gore-vidal), [Yves Boisset](https://cinepixo.com/people/yves-boisset)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Maurice Jarre](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-jarre)
- **Director:** [René Clément](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-clement)
- **Producer:** [Paul Graetz](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-graetz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Marcel Grignon](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-grignon)
- **Editor:** [Robert Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-lawrence)

## Cast

- [Hannes Messemer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannes-messemer)
- [George Chakiris](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-chakiris)
- [Glenn Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/glenn-ford)
- [Yves Montand](https://cinepixo.com/people/yves-montand)
- [Robert Stack](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-stack)
- [Billy Frick](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-frick)
- [Alain Delon](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-delon)
- [Bernard Fresson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-fresson)
- [Gert Fröbe](https://cinepixo.com/people/gert-frobe)
- [Félix Marten](https://cinepixo.com/people/felix-marten)
- [Michael Lonsdale](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-lonsdale)
- [Michel Etcheverry](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-etcheverry)
- [Kirk Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirk-douglas)
- [Leslie Caron](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-caron)
- [Konrad Georg](https://cinepixo.com/people/konrad-georg)

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