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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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