''Paris Is Always Paris'' ( it, Parigi è sempre Parigi, french: Paris est toujours Paris) is a 1951 Italian-French

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Luciano Emmer Luciano Emmer (19 January 1918 – 16 September 2009) was an Italian film director. He was born in Milan, but most of his childhood lived in Venice. He started as filmmaker at filming Giotto's frescoes in Padua in 1938. Screenwriter Sergi ...

. It was entered into the competition at the

12th Venice International Film Festival The 12th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 20 August to 10 September 1951. Jury * Mario Gromo * Antonio Baldini * Ermanno Contini * Fabrizio Dentice * Piero Gadda Conti * Vinicio Marinucci * Gian Gaspare Napolitano * ...

Cast

Aldo Fabrizi Aldo Fabrizi (; born Aldo Fabbrizi; 1 November 1905 – 2 April 1990) was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and comedian, best known for the role of the heroic priest in Roberto Rossellini's ''Rome, Open City'' and as partner of Totò in ...

as Andrea De Angelis *

Henri Guisol Henri Guisol (12 October 1904 – 11 May 1994) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1931 to 1980. He enjoyed a career in French '' who done its'' and film noir Film noir (; ) is a cinematic term used primarily t ...

as Monsieur Morand *

Ave Ninchi Ave Maria Ninchi (14 December 1914 – 10 November 1997) was an Italian supporting actress who played character roles on stage, television, and in over 98 feature films that included ''Tomorrow Is Too Late'' (1949) and Louis Malle's ''Murmur ...

as Elvira de Angelis *

Jeannette Batti Jeannette Batti (1921–2011) was a French film actress. Partial filmography * ''Shop Girls of Paris'' (1943) - Une vendeuse (uncredited) * '' Le Roi des resquilleurs'' (1945) - Lulu * '' Back Streets of Paris'' (1946) - Mona * ''Une nuit à T ...

as Claudia * Hélène Rémy as Christine *

Henri Génès Henri Génès (2 July 1919 – 22 August 2005) was a French singer and actor who appeared in such films as '' The Sucker'', ''La Grande Vadrouille'', ''The Brain'', '' The Counterfeit Constable'', and '' The Little Bather''. He was born in Tarbe ...

as Paul Gremier *

Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (28 September 1924 – 19 December 1996) was an Italian film actor, regarded as one of his country's most iconic male performers of the 20th century. He played leading roles for many of Italy's top di ...

as Marcello Venturi *

Lucia Bosé Lucia may refer to: Arts and culture * ''Lucía'', a 1968 Cuban film by Humberto Solás * ''Lucia'' (film), a 2013 Kannada-language film * '' Lucia & The Best Boys'', a Scottish indie rock band formerly known as ''LUCIA'' * "Lucia", a Swedish c ...

as Mimi de Angelis *

Carlo Sposito Carlo Sposito (1 May 1924 – 9 September 1984) was an Italian character actor, sometimes credited as Carletto Sposito. Born in Palermo, he was among the most active actors in the post-war Italian genre cinema. He was also pretty active on stag ...

as Toto Mancuso (credited as Carletto Sposito) *

Giuseppe Porelli Giuseppe Porelli (24 November 1897 – 5 March 1982) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. Life and career Born Giuseppe Porcelli in Naples, he graduated from the Istituto Tecnico and became an employee of Ferrovie dello Stato. Wh ...

as Raffaele D'Amore * Janine Marsay as Praline *

Galeazzo Benti Galeazzo Benti (6 August 1923 – 21 April 1993) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1942 and 1991. Life and career Born Galeazzo Bentivoglio in Florence, Italy, a descendant of the Bentivoglio family, which rul ...

as Gianni Forlivesi *

Paolo Panelli Paolo Panelli (15 July 1925 – 18 May 1997) was an Italian comedian and film actor. He appeared in 55 films between 1948 and 1996. He was married to Bice Valori. Selected filmography * '' Guarany'' (1948) * ''Arrivederci, papà!'' (1948) ...

as Nicolino Percuoco *

Franco Interlenghi Franco Interlenghi (29 October 1931 – 10 September 2015) was an Italian actor. He made his acting debut at 15 in Vittorio De Sica's 1946 Neorealist film ''Sciuscià''. He has worked with great directors such as Alessandro Blasetti in '' Fab ...

as Franco Martini *

Yves Montand Ivo Livi (), better known as Yves Montand (; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), was an Italian-French actor and singer. Early life Montand was born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Terme, Italy, to Giovanni Livi, a broom manufacturer, Ivo held strong ...

as himself *

Eartha Kitt Eartha Kitt (born Eartha Mae Keith; January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American singer and actress known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings of "C'est si bon" and the Christmas novelty song "Santa Ba ...

as uncredited cameo as herself / cabaret singer * Roland Lesaffre

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* 1951 films 1950s Italian-language films 1950s French-language films 1951 comedy films French black-and-white films Films directed by Luciano Emmer Italian comedy films French comedy films Italian black-and-white films 1950s French films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-France-film-stub