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The Sparrows of Paris
Film poster
Directed by	Maurice Cloche
Written by	Maurice Cloche André Hornez
Produced by	Maurice Cloche
Starring	Jean-Pierre Aumont Louis de Funès Virginia Keiley
Cinematography	Nicolas Hayer
Edited by	Renée Gary
Music by	Paul Bonneau
Production company	Les Films Maurice Cloche
Distributed by	Ciné Sélection
Release date	12 June 1953
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Sparrows of Paris (French: Moineaux de Paris) is a 1953 French comedy drama film directed and written by Maurice Cloche and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis de Funès and Virginia Keiley. ^[1]

Plot

Impresario Mr. Smith and his daughter want to engage a group of French musicians. On this occasion, Peggy Smith wears a necklace with a locket. One of the musicians identifies the locket as property of his grandmother. When Ms. Smith insists on keeping it, the musician calls for his ancestors, and the reborn French elite soldier Césarin answers.

Cast

• Jean-Pierre Aumont as Césarin, Horse Grenadier of the Imperial Guard (Napoleon I)
• Louis de Funès as the doctor
• Virginia Keiley as Peggy Smith, the impresario's daughter
• Max Elloy as P'tit Louis
• Robert Lombard as the choir school manager
• Louis Gimberg as Mr Smith, the American impresario
• Little Singers of the Wooden Cross as Themselves
• Philippe Olive
• Paul Demange
• Léonce Corne
• André Dalibert
• Odette Barencey
• Jacques Famery
• Emile Morel

References

External links

• The Sparrows of Paris at IMDb
• Moineaux de Paris (1952) at the Films de France
• Moineaux de Paris (1952) at Uni France films

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