Moulin Rouge (1952 film) Ferrer as Toulouse-Lautrec, with Zsa Zsa Gabor as Jane Avril, Suzanne Flon, Eric Pohlmann, Colette Marchand, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Katherine Kath, Theodore Bikel, and Muriel Smith. In 1890 Paris crowds pour into the Moulin Rouge nightclub as artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec finishes a bottle of cognac while sketching the club's dancers. The club's regulars arrive: singer Jane Avril teases Henri charmingly, dancers La Goulue and Aicha fight, and owner Maurice Joyant offers Henri free drinks for a month in exchange for painting a promotional poster. At closing time, Henri waits for the crowds to disperse before standing to reveal
Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film 23 April 2002, it was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. In Australia, the soundtrack debuted on the albums chart at number four on 11 May 2001. The following week it reached number one and remained there for eleven consecutive weeks and upon the albums chart for 58 weeks. "Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film" also reached number one in New Zealand, where it remained on the albums chart for 16 weeks. The soundtrack reached the top five in Austria, Denmark, France, and Norway. In Australia it was the highest selling album of 2001 reaching