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Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Gert Fröbe, Orson Welles, Leslie Caron, Alain Delon, Bruno Cremer, Charles Boyer, Anthony Perkins, Robert Stack, Glenn Ford, Simon
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Is Paris Burning? |
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This is the story of the French resistance at the end of the German occupation of Paris. An all star cast through various sub-plots, shows the cat-and-mouse tactics, and political intrigues and fighting in trying to save Paris from destruction by the Germans. Paris is about to fall and the German general has received orders to burn the city. While he is struggling with his moral objections, several groups are fighting to take control of the city, and save it.
--Robert S., Resident Scholar
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As the Allied armies close in on Paris, Hitler orders his new commander to burn Paris before losing it. Meanwhile the French Resistance begins open rebellion. This all-star international cast epic is based on the novel by the same name. All the actors are speaking their native languages, and all of them, except Hitler, are dubbed in the English version. The dialogue is a little stilted, but the best part of this movie is the genuine war footage and realistic recreation of wartime Paris. Not to be confused with "Paris is Burning," a documentary about drag queens.
--Zorikh Lequidre, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Is Paris Burning? |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Civilian Resistance
Specific to
- WW II
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
- spy
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 20%
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- enemy army
Age:
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Specific kind of enemies?
- tyrants
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- fat (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
City:
- Dirty, grimy (like New York)
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- prison
- resort/hotel
- moving train
- fort/military installation
- sewers/subways
- building
- church/synagogue
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
- hundreds
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 3 (some)
Kind of violence:
- land battles
- mission to destroy something
- mission to protect something
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- flamed
- impaled
- perforation--bullets
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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