Tales of Paris

Tales of Paris (French: Les parisiennes) is a 1962 comedy-drama anthology film consisting of four segments.

Tales of Paris
Theatrical release poster
French	Les parisiennes
Directed by	Marc Allégret Claude Barma Michel Boisrond Jacques Poitrenaud
Written by	Annette Wademant Claude Barma Roger Vadim Jacques Armand Jean-Loup Dabadie
Produced by	Francis Cosne
Starring	Françoise Arnoul Françoise Brion Catherine Deneuve Elina Labourdette Dany Robin Darry Cowl Paul Guers Johnny Hallyday Christian Marquand Jean Poiret J.L. de Villalonga
Cinematography	Armand Thirard Henri Alekan
Edited by	Léonide Azar
Music by	Georges Garvarentz
Production companies	Francos Films Incei Film
Distributed by	Cinédis
Release date	17 January 1962 (1962-01-17) (France)
Running time	105 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	French
Box office	2,020,729 admissions (France)

Cast

Sophie

• Catherine Deneuve as Sophie
• Johnny Hallyday as Jean Allard
• Elina Labourdette as Jacqueline
• Gillian Hills as Theodora
• Gisèle Sandré as Suzanne
• Berthe Granval as Suzanne
• France Anglade as a college girl
• Danièle Évenou as a college girl
• Paloma Matta as a college girl
• J.L. de Villalonga as Louis
• Yves Barsacq as the traveler
• Henri Attal as a passenger
• Dominique Zardi as a passenger

* Director: Marc Allégret. Screenplay: Marc Allégret, Francis Cosne, Roger Vadim. Cinematography : Armand Thirard

Françoise

• Françoise Arnoul as Françoise
• Françoise Brion as Jacqueline
• Paul Guers as Michel
• François Patrice as the playboy

* Director: Claude Barma. Screenplay: Jacques Armand, Claude Barma, Claude Brulé. Cinematography: Armand Thirard

Antonia

• Christian Marquand as Christian Lénier
• Jean Poiret as Jean-Pierre Leroy
• Dany Robin as Antonia
• Bernard Lavalette as Richard

* Director: Michel Boisrond. Screenplay: Michel Boisrond, Francis Cosne, Annette Wademant. Cinematography: Henri Alekan.

Ella

• Darry Cowl as Hubert Parker
• Dany Saval as Ella
• Françoise Giret as Juliette
• Anne-Marie Bellini as Ella's friend
• Ellen Bahl as Ella's friend
• Olga Georges-Picot as the secretary
• Henri Tisot as Éric
• Jack Ary as Pidoux
• Serge Marquand as taxi driver
• Donald O'Brien as American tourist
• Les Chaussettes Noires as themselves
• Eddy Mitchell as himself

* Director: Jacques Poitrenaud. Screenplay: Jean-Loup Dabadie. Cinematography: Henri Alekan.

External links

• Tales of Paris at IMDb
• Tales of Paris at AllMovie
• Tales of Paris at the TCM Movie Database
• Review at The New York Times