Forrest Gump
1994 · Comedy · Drama
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Film / 1930
Under the Roofs of Paris
Directed by
René Clair
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Albert PréjeanAlbert
Pola IlléryPola
Edmond T. GrévilleLouis
Bill BocketBill
Gaston ModotFred
Paul OllivierPatron du café
Raymond AimosLe voleur
Thomy BourdelleFrançois
Louis Pré FilsLe locataire du troisième (uncredited)
Eugène StuberUn membre de la bande à Fred (uncredited)
André MichaudUn agent (uncredited)
Delphine AbdalaLa buraliste (uncredited)
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