Le Roi de Paris (Original title)The King of Paris (Alternative title)
Dates: 1993 (Copyright), 02 June 2000 (Release)Countries: France, United KingdomDirector: Dominique Maillet
Synopsis: Film about Victor Derval, an actor in 1930 Paris. Victor Derval has just celebrated the final performance of his most recent hit, when lovely young Lisa accosts the great actor on a foggy Paris bridge. Getting Lisa work as an extra in a new sound film he's in, Derval soon invites her to be his private secretary and to move into his house, where he lives with his rebellious son Paul. Father and son become smitten with Lisa, whose love for the stage is stronger than her sense of loyalty.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 11 January 1995Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 102 mins Length: 9189 FeetDialogue (original): French
Date: 02 June 2000Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 102 mins 06 secs - Length: 9189 FeetDialogue (original): French / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Gala Film Distributors
Dates: 1993 (Copyright), 02 June 2000 (Release)Countries: France, United KingdomDirector: Dominique Maillet
Synopsis: Film about Victor Derval, an actor in 1930 Paris. Victor Derval has just celebrated the final performance of his most recent hit, when lovely young Lisa accosts the great actor on a foggy Paris bridge. Getting Lisa work as an extra in a new sound film he's in, Derval soon invites her to be his private secretary and to move into his house, where he lives with his rebellious son Paul. Father and son become smitten with Lisa, whose love for the stage is stronger than her sense of loyalty.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 11 January 1995Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 102 mins Length: 9189 FeetDialogue (original): French
Date: 02 June 2000Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 102 mins 06 secs - Length: 9189 FeetDialogue (original): French / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Gala Film Distributors
Credits
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©/Production company: Rio, A Co-production with: Adventure Pictures, With the participation of: European Co-Production Fund (UK), With the participation of: Canal+, With the participation of: Sofinergie 2, With the participation of: Sofinergie 3, Cofimage 5, Produced with the participation of: CNC - Centre national de la cinématographie, Produced with the support of: Procirep, Producer: Jean Gontier, Unit Production Manager: Eric Bensoussan, Unit Manager: Clémentine Thomas, Bruno Vignier, Production Manager: Nicolas Daquet, Production Manager: Yann Gilbert, Production Administrator: Nora Salhi, Location Manager: Thierry Rouxel, Location Manager (Associate): Stéphane Cressend, Damien Fleury, Assistant Director (1st): Gabriel Julien Laférrière, Assistant Director (2nd): Patrick Boshart, Assistant Director (3rd): François Jandin, Script Supervisor: Isabelle Perrin-Thévenet, Scenario/Dialogue: Jacques Fieschi, Jérôme Tonnerre, [Written] With the collaboration of: Bernard Minoret, Dominique Maillet, Director of Photography: Bernard Lutic, Camera Operator: Gilbert Duhalde, Special Effects: Jean-François Cousson, Editor: Marie Castro, [Assistant] Editor: Pauline Daixou, Production Designer: Jacques Rouxel, Set Decorator: Julie Sfez, Property Master: Laurent Jarriau, Costume Designer: Christian Gasc, Philippe Noiret's Costumer: Yvette Bonnay, Costumer: Monique Dury-Tholy, Wardrobe: Piercarlo Foddis, Wardrobe: Florence Sadaune, Key Make-up: Eric Pierre, Odile Fourquin, Make-up Artist: Fabienne Robineau, Key Hairstylist: Agathe Dupuis, Hairstylist: Julien Morières, Titles: Ercidan, Original Music: Quentin Damamme, Sound: Michel Desrois, Mixage: François Groult, Sound Editor: Françoise Coispeau, Assistant Sound Editor: Raphaël Girardot, Sound Effects: Marie-Jeanne Wyckmans, Post-synchronization: Gilbert Crozet, Laboratory: LTC, Stock: Kodak, Studio: Studios de Boulogne
Cast
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Philippe Noiret (Victor Derval), Michel Aumont (Marquis de Castellac), Manuel Blanc (Paul Derval, Victor's son), Veronika Varga (Lisa Lanska), Ronny Coutteure (Emile), Franco Interlenghi (Pastorini), Paulette Dubost (Raymonde, Victor's dresser), Sacha Briquet (Félix Roquépine), Corinne Cléry (Betty Favart, an actress), Jacques Roman (Romain Coste, a writer), Fabienne Chaudat (Angèle), Bernard Lajarrige (Champmartin), Pierre Vial (minister), Gaëtan Wenders (Treplev), David Gabison (director "Colonnes"), Alexandre Chuat (director), Gérard Boucaron (comedy director), Philippe Tessier (Machino in "La fille perdue"), Oguz Janus Lengyel (duel arbiter), Francis Bouc (old 'schnok'), Cyril Lecomte (young actor in "La fille perdue"), Michel Linas (barman in "La fille perdue"), Patrick Boshart (one-armed lance corporal), Claire Foliot (Lisa's maid), Gérard Couderc (Boulard owner), Patrick Gourevitch (brasserie owner), Alain Conan (Roquépine's witness), Victoire Le Corre (the bachelor girl), Fred Kiriloff (eccentric), Catherine Hirsch (Macha), Max Delor (wealthy man), Dominique Ollivier (cemetery keeper)