Sous les toits de Paris (1930)

Director:

René Clair

Writer:

René Clair (writer)

Release Date:

2 January 1930 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Place Name In Title

Cast

Albert Préjean	...	Albert, a young street singer
Pola Illéry	...	Pola, a Roumanian girl
Edmond T. Gréville	...	Louis, Albert's friend
Bill Bocket	...	Bill, The Big Boss
Gaston Modot	...	Fred, a purse thief
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Raymond Aimos	...	Un gars du milieu
Thomy Bourdelle	...	François, the other thief
Paul Ollivier	...	Drunkard
Jane Pierson	...	Fat Woman with Purse

Also Known As:

Under the Roofs of Paris (International: English title)
Bajo los techos de París (Spain) [es]
Pod dachami Paryza (Poland) [pl]
Sob os Telhados de Paris (Portugal) [pt]
Sob os Tetos de Paris (Brazil) [pt]
Sotto i tetti di Parigi (Italy) [it]
Under Paris' tage (Denmark) [da]
Unter den Dächern von Paris (Germany) [de]

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | Romanian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Tobis Klangfilm)

Company:

Films Sonores Tobis

Movie Connections:

References The Mandarin (1924)

Soundtrack:

Sous les toits de Paris

this film shows a true relationship, no matter how messed up it can be.

--- this film changed my views on b&w, i first saw this when i was a wee lass of 13, awkward and shy, all i had to do with myself was watch late- night t.v. i cried so hard at the end of the film i thought for sure i'd wake my mum, thank god CBC showed it again not long after that, and like the big geek i was, and probably still am, i taped it, i liked the rawness of it, the sound wasn't very good, but it didn't matter, still doesn't, i would love to make a movie that has this same feeling the absolut "realness" i dislike the crud hollywood keeps churning out, but , the fact remains that i live in this time, and am almost forced to swallow the disgraceful porridge that is cinema. it's christmas day, i think i'll go slip on my "under the rooftops of paris" and dream of a time when film still had a heart!!