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God Chose Paris (1969)
Directed by Philippe Arthuys, Gilbert Prouteau
“This is NOT a documentary. It’s much more.”
Drama · 1h 36m
An interesting mixture of filmed scenes with Belmondo and archival footage regarding cultural aspects of all kind around Paris, starting at the end of the 19th century and ending in the mid-1960's. Jean-Paul Belmondo leads us through the movie starting as a young photographer around 1900, a reporter in both world-wars and doing fictional interviews with lots of celebrities.
Cast
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Narrator / Presenter
Michel Bouquet
Narrator
Pierre Fresnay
Narrator
Jean Négroni
Narrator (voice)
Salvador Dalí
Self (archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle
Self (archive footage)
Albert Einstein
Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks
Self (archive footage)
George Bernard Shaw
Self (archive footage)
Crew
- Director
- Philippe Arthuys, Gilbert Prouteau
- Writer
- Gilbert Prouteau
- Director of Photography
- Raymond Letouzey
- Original Music Composer
- Darius Milhaud, Jean Wiener
- Editor
- Jean Delay, Martine Gournac, Michel Hirtz, Jean-Louis Levi-Alvarès
Details
- Original title
- Dieu a choisi Paris
- Release date
- 1969-09-05
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Tadié Cinéma, Arcole Films, Arcole