Moulin Rouge (1952)

Directed by

John Huston

Genre

drama film, biographical film, period drama film, musical film, romance film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 111 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec as he moves through the bohemian nightlife of 19th century Paris. It centers on his life and relationships around the Moulin Rouge burlesque venue.

periodmelancholicbiographicalromanticslow-pacedvisually stylizedemotionalatmospheric

What happens

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 as he navigates the bohemian subculture of 19th-century Paris, centered around the Moulin Rouge, a burlesque venue. It was screened at the 14th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Lion. The film stars José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Suzanne Flon, Eric Pohlmann, Colette Marchand, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Katherine Kath, Theodore Bikel, and Muriel Smith. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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