Zouzou (film)
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Director Marc Allegret Country France | 6.6/10 Genre Crime, Musical, Romance Duration Language French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1934 (1934) Writer G. Abatino (novel), Carlo Rim Cast (Zouzou), (Jean), (Papa Melé), (Claire), (Miss Barbara), Palau (Saint-Lévy)Similar movies Mad Max: Fury Road , I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance is Mine , The Hunger Games: Catching Fire , Furious 7 , Bloody Moon , Taken 3 |
Zouzou is a French film by Marc Allégret released in 1934. As its star, Josephine Baker was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture.
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Plot
As children, Zouzou and Jean are paired in a traveling circus as twins: she's dark, he's light. After they've grown, he treats her as if she were his sister, but she's in love with him. In Paris, he's a music hall electrician, she's a laundress who delivers clean underwear to the hall. She introduces him to Claire, her friend at work, and the couple fall in love. Jean conspires to get the show's star out of town and for the theater manager to see the high-spirited Zouzou perform. When Jean's accused of murder and Zouzou needs money to mount his defense, she pleads to go on stage. Her talents may save the show, but can anything save her dream of life with Jean?
Cast
- Jean Gabin: Jean, an orphan
- Josephine Baker: Zouzou, the orphan mulatto
- Pierre Larquey: Father Mélé, fairground
- Claire Gerard: Ms Valley, the laundress
- Yvette Lebon: Clare Valley, the daughter
- Illa Meery: Miss Barbara, the star of music hall
- Madeleine Guitty: Josette, clothing
- Marcel Vallée: Mr Horn, director of music-hall
- Teddy Michaud: Julot
- Pierre Palau: Mr. de Saint-Lévy, the protector
- Floyd Smith: The ballet master of the journal
- Viviane Romance: The girl attablée
- Philippe Richard: The Police Commissioner
- Robert Seller: The Sponsor
- Roger Blin: A witness to the murder
- Georges Van Parys: Pianist
References
Zouzou (film) WikipediaZouzou (film) IMDb Zouzou (film) themoviedb.org