Under the Roofs of Paris
19301h 33m480p
In the tenement slums of Paris between the world wars, impoverished street singer Albert yearns for beautiful Romanian immigrant Pola. Pola's boyfriend, local hoodlum Fred, grows jealous of Albert's constant attention to his woman and frames the hapless musician for one of his own petty crimes. But while Albert is in prison for Fred's misdeed, Pola ends up falling for Albert's faithful best friend, Louis.
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- Director
- René Clair
- Starring
- Albert Préjean, Pola Illéry, Edmond T. Gréville, Bill Bocket, Gaston Modot, Paul Ollivier, Raymond Aimos, Thomy Bourdelle
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