Under the Roofs of Paris
Sous les toits de Paris
1930, Film, 96 min, Comedy, Drama, Musical, French, France, MoviePedia score 66
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 misdeed, Pola ends up falling for Albert's faithful best friend, Louis.
Directed by René Clair
Cast
- Albert Préjean as Albert
- Pola Illéry as Pola
- Edmond T. Gréville as Louis
- Bill Bocket as Bill
- Paul Ollivier as Un client
- Gaston Modot as Fred
- Delphine Abdala as La buraliste
- Raymond Aimos as Un gars du milieu
- Raymond Blot as Un membre de la bande à Fred
- Thomy Bourdelle as François
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