Mannequins of Paris

1956 film

Mannequins of Paris

Directed by| André Hunebelle
Written by| Michel Audiard
François Campaux
André Hunebelle
Produced by| René Bezard
Pierre Cabaud
Paul Cadéac
André Hunebelle
Adrien Remaugé
René Thévenet
Starring| Madeleine Robinson
Ivan Desny
Mischa Auer
Cinematography| Paul Cotteret
Edited by| Jean Feyte
Music by| Jean Marion

Production
companies

Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma
Production Artistique et Cinématographique

Distributed by| Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Lux Film (Italy)

Release date

* 19 September 1956 (1956-09-19)

Running time

| 89 minutes
Country| France
Language| French

Mannequins of Paris (French: Mannequins de Paris) is a 1956 French drama film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Madeleine Robinson, Ivan Desny and Mischa Auer.[1] It is set in the world of high fashion. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Carré. It was shot in Technicolor with location shooting in Paris, Cannes and Rome.

## Synopsis

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Promising artist Pierre gives up his career to help design styles for his wife Véronique's successful fashion house in Paris. Feeling neglected by her obsession with the business, he has an affair during a trip to Cannes to present the new collection and falls in love with an attractive singer.

## Cast

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* Madeleine Robinson as Véronique Lanier
* Ivan Desny as Pierre Lanier
* Mischa Auer as Yaschlik
* Jacqueline Pierreux as Pearl
* Max Révol as Max
* Georges Chamarat as Boris Rabinowsky
* Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Gabrielle
* Marie-Hélène Arnaud as Josette
* Ghislaine Arsac as Wanda
* Jacqueline Huet as Christiane
* Elisa Lamotte as Une cliente
* Fabienne as Barbara
* Véronique Verlhac as Micheline
* Yvonne Monlaur as Janine
* Yôko Tani as Lotus
* Georgette Anys as Madame Vauthier
* Agnès Laurent as Lucette
* Pascale Audret as Francette
* Jacqueline Noëlle as Hermine
* Paulette Arnoux as Véronique - la bonne
* Blanche Issartel as Madame Blanche
* Anna Gaylor as Louisette
* Madeleine Barbulée as Madame Madeleine - la première
* Eliane Angeneau as Suzanne
* Daniel Ceccaldi as Un ami de Barbara
* Gregori Chmara as Boris

## References

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1. ^ Bessy, p. 91

## Bibliography

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* Bessy, Maurice. Histoire du cinéma français: 1956-1960. Pygmalion, 1986.

## External links

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* Mannequins of Paris at IMDb
* Mannequins of Paris at AllMovie

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Films by André Hunebelle

* Mission in Tangier (1949)
* Millionaires for One Day (1949)
* Beware of Blondes (1950)
* My Wife Is Formidable (1951)
* Massacre in Lace (1952)
* Monsieur Taxi (1952)
* My Husband Is Marvelous (1952)
* The Three Musketeers (1953)
* Cadet Rousselle (1954)
* Thirteen at the Table (1955)
* The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955)
* Mannequins of Paris (1956)
* Les Collégiennes (1957)
* Taxi, Roulotte et Corrida (1958)
* Le Bossu (1959)
* Captain Blood (1960)
* Le Miracle des loups (1961)
* The Mysteries of Paris (1962)
* OSS 117 Is Unleashed (1963)
* Méfiez-vous, mesdames (1963)
* Fantômas (1964)
* Shadow of Evil (1964)
* OSS 117 Mission for a Killer (1964)
* Fantômas se déchaîne (1965)
* Fantômas contre Scotland Yard (1967)
* The Return of Monte Cristo (1968)
* OSS 117 – Double Agent (1968)

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Films by Michel Audiard

Written and directed|

* Leontine (1968)
* A Golden Widow (1969)
* Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause ! (1970)
* Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard (1974)

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* She and Me (1952)
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* The Most Wanted Man (1953)
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* April Fools' Day (1954)
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* Love in a Hot Climate (1954)
* Quay of Blondes (1954)
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* Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
* Les Misérables (1958)
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* Archimède le clochard (1959)
* Babette Goes to War (1959)
* Eyes of Love (1959)
* Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959)
* Rue des prairies (1959)
* Too Late to Love (1959)
* The Baron of the Locks (1960)
* Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
* The Old Guard (1960)
* The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961)
* Famous Love Affairs (1961)
* The Lions Are Loose (1961)
* The President (1961)
* Taxi for Tobruk (1961)
* The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
* Emile's Boat (1962)
* The Gentleman from Epsom (1962)
* A Monkey in Winter (1962)
* Any Number Can Win (1963)
* Carom Shots (1963)
* Les Tontons flingueurs (1963)
* The Trip to Biarritz (1963)
* La Chasse à l'homme (1964)
* The Great Spy Chase (1964)
* Greed in the Sun (1964)
* Salad by the Roots (1964)
* Une souris chez les hommes (1964)
* Les Bons Vivants (1965)
* Crime on a Summer Morning (1965)
* La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965)
* Tender Scoundrel (1966)
* All Mad About Him (1967)
* An Idiot in Paris (1967)
* Johnny Banco (1967)
* A Little Virtuous (1968)
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* Under the Sign of the Bull (1969)
* Incorrigible (1975)
* Body of My Enemy (1976)
* The Big Operator (1976)
* Animal (1977)
* Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
* Cop or Hood (1979)
* Les Égouts du paradis (1979)
* Le Guignolo (1980)
* Jupiter's Thigh (1980)
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* Garde à Vue (1981)
* The Professional (1981)
* Espion, lève-toi (1982)
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* Dog Day (1984)
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* La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding (1985)
* He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)

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