Moulin Rouge (1952 film)
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This article is about the 1952 motion picture. For other uses, see Moulin Rouge (disambiguation).
Moulin Rouge is a 1952 British historical romantic drama film directed by John Huston from a screenplay he co-wrote with Anthony Veiller, based on the 1950 novel of the same name by Pierre La Mure, and produced by John and James Woolf. The film follows artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in 19th-century Paris's bohemian subculture in and around the Moulin Rouge, a burlesque palace. The film was screened at the 14th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Lion.
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Directed by | John Huston |
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Based on | Moulin Rouge 1950 novel by Pierre La Mure |
Produced by | John and James Woolf |
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Cinematography | Oswald Morris |
Edited by | Ralph Kemplen |
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Distributed by | British Lion Films |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.1 million[1] |
Box office | $9 million[2] |
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The film stars José Ferrer (Toulouse-Lautrec), Zsa Zsa Gabor (Jane Avril), Suzanne Flon, Eric Pohlmann, Colette Marchand, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Katherine Kath, Theodore Bikel, and Muriel Smith.