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    Under the Roofs of Paris

    1930 · Romance · 1h 32m

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  1. French. Romanian. Under the Roofs of Paris ( French: Sous les toits de Paris) is a 1930 French film directed by René Clair. The film was probably the earliest French example of a filmed musical-comedy, although its often dark tone differentiates it from other instances of the genre. It was the first French production of the sound film era to ...

  2. Under the Roofs of Paris: Directed by René Clair. With Albert Préjean, Pola Illéry, Edmond T. Gréville, Bill Bocket. Albert is smitten for Pola but ends up wrongly committed in jail, in the meantime her affections are sought after by his friend, and on his release both love and friendship must be tested.

    • (2.5K)
    • Comedy, Drama, Musical
    • René Clair
    • 1930-12-15
  3. Apr 1, 2014 · Under The Roofs Of Paris (1930) -- (Movie Clip) You Won't Ever Hear It Again Again the shot up the face of the building, the first evening finds the song catching on, with Albert (Prejean) and friends (Edmond T. Greville, Thomy Bourdelle) at the cafe, and Pola (Illery), pursued by Fred (Gaston Modot), in Rene Clair's dark musical comedy Under The Roofs Of Paris, 1930.

    • Rene Clair
    • Albert Prejean
  4. In the tenement slums of Paris between the world wars, impoverished street singer Albert (Albert Préjean) yearns for beautiful Romanian immigrant Pola (Pola Illery). Pola's boyfriend, local ...

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    • Albert Préjean
    • René Clair
    • Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
  5. Synopsis. In the tenement slums of Paris between the world wars, impoverished street singer Albert yearns for beautiful Romanian immigrant Pola. Pola's boyfriend, local hoodlum Fred, grows jealous of Albert's constant attention to his woman and frames the hapless musician for one of his own petty crimes. But while Albert is in prison for Fred's ...

    • René Clair
    • 3
  6. In René Clair's irrepressibly romantic portrait of the crowded tenements of Paris, a street singer and a gangster vie for the love of a beautiful young woman. This witty exploration of love and human foibles, told primarily through song, captures the flamboyant atmosphere of the city with sophisticated visuals and groundbreaking use of the new technology of movie sound.

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  8. While singing in a lower class quarter in Paris, the street singer Albert falls in love with the Romanian party girl Pola, who is the companion of the gangster Fred. One night, Albert meets with Pola, who has just found that Fred had stolen her key, and his friend Louis proposes to toss to date her.

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