La Valse de Paris

The Paris Waltz (French: La Valse de Paris) is a 1950 French-Italian historical musical film directed by Marcel Achard and starring Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay and Jacques Charon. It portrays the life of the nineteenth century composer Jacques Offenbach. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Clavel. Synopsis In France during the Second Empire, Jacques Offenbach is in love with the soprano Hortense Schneider. Their complex relationship, including several betrayals, gives him inspiration for some of his greatest work. Main cast Yvonne Printemps as Hortense Schneider Pierre Fresnay as Jacques Offenbach Jacques Charon as Jean-François Berthelier Noëlle Norman as Marie Pradeau Robert Manuel as José Dupuis Pierre Dux as General Danicheff Denise Provence as Brigitte Jacques Castelot as Le duc de Morny Raymonde Allain as L'impératrice Eugénie Claude Sainval as Le prince Lucien Nat as Napoleon III Léa Gray as La duchesse de Morny André Roussin as Henri Meilhac Renée Sénac as La mère d'Hortense Gabriel Gobin as Chavert - le régisseur (as Gobin) References