Moulin Rouge DVD 1952 / Directed by John Huston / The Story of French Artist Henri De Toulouse-Latreu / Starring: Jose Ferrer, Gábor Zsa Zsa, Suzanne Flon, Katherine Kath

UPC 5018755503016

REGION 0 PAL DVD

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: English 2.0

Total Runtime: 114 minutes

English Summary:

John Huston directs this biopic about the life of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec played by José Ferrer. As he attends the infamous Moulin Rouge nightclub Lautrec sketches the dancers and is asked by the club owner to create a promotional poster as they aim to attract members from high society. Meanwhile, Lautrec's attempts at finding love continue to fail and he reacts by consuming alcohol at an alarming rate and as ill-health affects him his art begins to gain recognition. The cast also features Zsa Zsa Gabor, Suzanne Flon and Colette Marchand.

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 his four-foot six-inch stature. As he walks to his Montmartre apartment, he recalls the events that led to his disfigurement.

It is revealed that Lautrec as a boy fell down a flight of stairs, whereupon his legs failed to heal because of a genetic weakness resulting from his parents being first cousins. His legs stunted and pained, Henri loses himself in his art, while his father leaves his mother, the countess, to ensure that they have no more children. Henri is a bright, happy child, revered by his father, the Count de Toulouse-Lautrec. As a young adult, he proposes to the woman he loves but, when she tells him that no woman will ever love him, he leaves his childhood home in despair to begin a new life as a painter in Paris.

Cast

• José Ferrer as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec / Comte Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec
• Zsa Zsa Gabor as Jane Avril
• Suzanne Flon as Myriamme Hyam
• Katherine Kath as La Goulue
• Muriel Smith as Aicha
• Colette Marchand as Marie Charlet
• Theodore Bikel as King Milo IV of Serbia
• Peter Cushing as Marcel de la Voisier
• Christopher Lee as Georges Seurat
• Michael Balfour as Dodo
• Eric Pohlmann as Picard