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Title	Is Paris Burning?
Year	1966
Time	172 mins
Genre	Drama; War; History; Foreign
Director	Rene Clement
Edition	Widescreen DVD Collection
Format	DVD
Actor	Jean-Paul Belmondo as Pierrelot - Yvon Morandat; Charles Boyer as Docteur Monod; Leslie Caron as Franï¿½oise Labï¿½; Jean-Pierre Cassel as Lieutenant Henri Karcher; George Chakiris as GI in Tank; Bruno Cremer as Colonel Rol-Tanguy; Claude Dauphin as Colonel Lebel; Alain Delon as Jacques Chaban-Delmas; Kirk Douglas as Gen. George S. Patton Jr.; Pierre Dux as Cerat - Alexandre Parodi; Glenn Ford as Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley; Gert Frï¿½be as General Dietrich von Choltitz; Daniel Gï¿½lin as Yves Bayet; Georges Gï¿½ret as The Baker; Hannes Messemer as General Jodl
Rating	NR (Not Rated)
Cinematography	Marcel Grignon
Language	French
Plot	The title is Adolf Hitler's question to his chief of staff Alfred Jodl on the eve of the liberation of Paris (August 25): the military governor of Paris, General Dietrich von Choltitz, had been ordered to destroy Paris rather than let it fall undamaged into the hands of the Allies, but von Choltitz disobeyed.The film follows historical events as U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, head of the Allied invasion, refuses to divert troops to liberate Paris. His hand is forced by the French military leader, Philippe Leclerc, and by a Resistance uprising in the city. Von Choltitz keeps details of the uprising from the German high command in an effort to save the city being destroyed in retaliation. The film follows his turmoil as a soldier and as the man who doesn't wish to be seen by history as the cause of a beautiful city's destruction.
Producer	Paul Graetz
Writer	Francis Ford Coppola; Yves Boisset
Subtitles	English (Closed Captioned)