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Release Date:
23 December 1952 (USA)
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The most startling and daring love story ever told! more
Plot:
Fictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. full summary | add synopsis
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Won 2 Oscars.
Another 3 wins
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10 nominations
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Beautiful, engrossing drama
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| José Ferrer | ... | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec / The Comte de Toulouse-Lautrec | |
| Zsa Zsa Gabor | ... | Jane Avril | |
| Suzanne Flon | ... | Myriamme Hayam | |
| Claude Nollier | ... | Countess de Toulouse-Lautrec | |
| Katherine Kath | ... | La Goulue | |
| Muriel Smith | ... | Aicha | |
| Mary Clare | ... | Madame Louet | |
| Walter Crisham | ... | Valentin Dessosse | |
| Lee Montague | ... | Maurice Joyant | |
| Jim Gérald | ... | Pere Cotelle (as Jim Gerald) | |
| Georges Lannes | ... | Police Sgt. Patou | |
| Harold Kasket | ... | Zidler | |
| Maureen Swanson | ... | Denise de Frontiac | |
| Tutte Lemkow | ... | Aicha's partner | |
| Jill Bennett | ... | Sarah |
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119 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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UK:A (original rating) |
UK:PG |
UK:PG (video rating) |
Hungary:14 |
West Germany:16 (nf) |
USA:Approved (PCA #16156) |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U (re-release) |
Sweden:15 |
Canada:PG
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Tall actor José Ferrer was transformed into the short artist Toulouse-Lautrec by the use of camera angles, makeup, costume, concealed pits and platforms and short body doubles. Ferrer also used a set of special knee pads of his own design which allowed him to walk on his knees with his lower legs strapped to his upper body. He suffered extreme pain and could only use them for short periods of time. The cane he used in most of his scenes was of absolute necessity. This fact was covered in a LIFE magazine story in 1952.
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Continuity: When Henri takes the fateful fall down the steps, the legs of the person falling are normal length.
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Henri:
Will you to the opera go with me tomorrow night, mademoiselle? While you make up your mind, let me remind you of the ladies of the Spanish court, who always kept their pet apes by their side so that they themselves would look more beautiful.
Myriamme Hayam: Is your wit always turned against yourself, Monsieur Lautrec?
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Myriamme Hayam: Is your wit always turned against yourself, Monsieur Lautrec?
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Featured in "SexTV: Shunga/Moulin Rouge/Cock Temple (#6.19)" (2004)
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Can-Can
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Anyone who does not think that John Huston has a broad range as a film-maker needs to watch this and "The Dead." While he spent much of his career making gritty adventure-dramas like "The Maltese Falcon," "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," and "The Man who Would be King," he also took the time to create well-crafted pieces like "Moulin Rouge."
Jose Ferrer has an astounding, almost unbelievable, performance as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a painter from late-1800's Paris who was crippled in his childhood by a horse that ran over his legs. He now spends his days in the raunchy restaurant/dance hall populated by artists, dancers, drunks, and vagrants, sketching away at posters and portraits. Ferrer brings out Henri completely, depicting him as a man who tried to run from his problems using his art and his alcohol.
The film itself has a tenancy to be a little too flashy and gaudy at moments, but Huston manages to keep most of it grounded in the dramatics of the characters. Collete Marchand is also very noteworthy for her performance as a prostitute that befriends Henri. Marcel Vertes' production and costume design won well-deserved Oscars.
A genuinely moving film, a work of art in its own right.