One of those epic war films that gives the French perspective to the liberation of France
Is Paris Burning was one of the epic war films that came out in the 1960s-70s. It was a joint U.S.-French production. Most of the cast is French as it focused upon the Resistance with actors like Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo. There were some well known Germans as well such as Gert Frobe. At the end, the Americans show up featuring such personalities as Kirk Douglas, Glenn Ford, Anthony Perkins, and Robert Stack. Orson Wells makes an appearance as a European diplomat as well. The script was written by Gore Vidal and Francis Ford Coppola.<br /><br />It focuses upon the 1944 liberation of Paris and was based upon the book of the same name. It starts right after the assassination attempt on Hitler. The dictator appoints General Dietrich von Choltitz the responsibility of defending Paris. He arrives in the city where the Resistance is waiting for the Allies to arrive, but find out that they are going to bypass the city. That leads the anti-Nazis to decide to start an uprising that will force the West’s hand.<br /><br />The movie plays upon the evil of the Nazis. Choltitz for example is sent to Paris to destroy the city using demolitions if he fails to defend it. In another scene French citizens are being sent to a concentration camp by the Waffen SS. The Swedish consul to France attempts to save them due to the pleading of a wife of a man who is going to be sent away. He gets their release, but the SS don’t obey and the husband is gunned down. In a third scene a spy recruits people for the Resistance only to turn them over to the SS who execute them. That’s compared to French nationalism, such as when one of the resistance members says “Viva la France” before being shot by the Germans.<br /><br />When the revolt eventually starts it has almost a documentary feel at times because it was filmed in black and white. In fact, there are a few times when they cut in actual footage of the uprising. The revolt has a revolutionary feel to it as well as the resistance seizes the police command, and start putting up barricades. The end when France gets liberated is when most of the combat comes.<br /><br />Overall, the Is Paris Burning? does a great job providing the French perspective on the war in a lively film.<br />C
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Almost like-new DVD, viewed twice, from private home, in original clamshell. Widescreen Collection DVD. Special features: * widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs * English subtitles * Dolby Digital -English 5. surround -English Dolby Surround * French mono.