The Sparrows of Paris

1953 film

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The Sparrows of Paris

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Directed by| Maurice Cloche
Written by| Maurice Cloche
André Hornez
Produced by| Maurice Cloche
Starring| Jean-Pierre Aumont
Louis de Funès
Virginia Keiley
Cinematography| Nicolas Hayer
Edited by| Renée Gary
Music by| Paul Bonneau

Production
company

Les Films Maurice Cloche

Distributed by| Ciné Sélection

Release date

* 12 June 1953 (1953-06-12)

Running time

| 90 minutes
Country| France
Language| French

The Sparrows of Paris (French: Moineaux de Paris) is a 1953 French comedy drama film directed and written by Maurice Cloche and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis de Funès and Virginia Keiley.[1]

## Plot

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Impresario Mr. Smith and his daughter want to engage a group of French musicians. On this occasion, Peggy Smith wears a necklace with a locket. One of the musicians identifies the locket as property of his grandmother. When Ms. Smith insists on keeping it, the musician calls for his ancestors, and the reborn French elite soldier Césarin answers.

## Cast

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* Jean-Pierre Aumont as Césarin, Horse Grenadier of the Imperial Guard (Napoleon I)
* Louis de Funès as the doctor
* Virginia Keiley as Peggy Smith, the impresario's daughter
* Max Elloy as P'tit Louis
* Robert Lombard as the choir school manager
* Louis Gimberg as Mr Smith, the American impresario
* Little Singers of the Wooden Cross as Themselves
* Philippe Olive
* Paul Demange
* Léonce Corne
* André Dalibert
* Odette Barencey
* Jacques Famery
* Emile Morel

## References

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1. ^ "Aka: Moineaux of Paris (International)". Retrieved 2013-01-29.

## External links

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* The Sparrows of Paris at IMDb
* Moineaux de Paris (1952) at the Films de France
* Moineaux de Paris (1952) at Uni France films

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Films directed by Maurice Cloche

* The Ladies in the Green Hats (1937)
* The Little Thing (1938)
* The Eleventh Hour Guest 1945)
* Women's Games (1946)
* Rooster Heart (1946)
* Monsieur Vincent (1947)
* Cage of Girls (1949)
* Doctor Laennec (1949)
* Born of Unknown Father (1950)
* The Bread Peddler (1950)
* Never Take No for an Answer (1951)
* Domenica (1952)
* The Sparrows of Paris (1953)
* A Missionary (1955)
* Girls of the Night (1958)
* Women's Prison (1958)
* Cocagne (1961)
* The Bread Peddler (1963)
* Agent X-77 Orders to Kill (1966)
* The Viscount (1967)
* The Killer Likes Candy (1968)

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