Is Paris Burning?

"Burn Paris!" was the order that had come shrieking over the phone.

Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of the city. After much contemplation Choltitz decides to ignore his orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, along with Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a resistance leader organize his forces.

Jean-Paul Belmondo

(Yvon Morandat)

Charles Boyer

(Doctor Monod)

Leslie Caron

(Françoise Labé)

Jean-Pierre Cassel

(Lt. Henri Karcher)

George Chakiris

(GI in Tank)

Bruno Cremer

(Colonel Rol Tanguy)

Claude Dauphin

(Colonel Lebel)

Alain Delon

(Jacques Chaban-Delmas)

Kirk Douglas

(General Patton)

Pierre Dux

(Cerat - Alexandre Parodi)

Glenn Ford

(Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley)

Gert Fröbe

(Von Choltitz)

Daniel Gélin

(Yves Bayet)

Georges Géret

(Baker)

Hannes Messemer

(General Jodl)

Harry Meyen

(Lieutenant von Arnim)

Yves Montand

(Sgt. Marcel Bizien)

Anthony Perkins

(Sgt. Warren)

Michel Piccoli

(Edgar Pisani)

Wolfgang Preiss

(Capitaine Ebernach)

Claude Rich

(General Leclerc)

Robert Stack

(General Sibert)

Simone Signoret

(Cafe Owner)

Jean-Louis Trintignant

(Captain Serge)

Pierre Vaneck

(Maj. Roger Gallois)

Marie Versini

(Claire Morandat)

Skip Ward

(Charlie, U.S. soldier)

Orson Welles

(Konsul Nordling)

Michel Etcheverry

(Prefect Luizet)

Billy Frick

(Adolf Hitler)

Ernst Fritz Fürbringer

(General von Voineburg)

Konrad Georg

(Gen. Field Marshal Model)

Joachim Hansen

(Commander of Fresnes prison)

Félix Marten

(Georges Landrieu)

Paloma Matta

(Lilane Charvet, young bride)

Günter Meisner

(SS Commander in Pantin)

Sacha Pitoëff

(Joliot-Curie)

Albert Rémy

(Policeman / Gendarme)

Christian Rode

(Burned German soldier)

Helmuth Schneider

(German adjutant in the subway)

Otto Stern

(German soldier in the subway)

Tony Taffin

(Bernard Labé)

Jean Valmont

(F.F.I. bazooka)

Karl-Otto Alberty

(SS (Bayeux Tapestry))

Pierre Collet

(Resistant policeman)

Paul Crauchet

(Priest)

Germaine de France

(Old lady)

Bernard Fresson

(F.F.I liaison officer)

Michel Gonzalès

(Resistant student)

Peter Jacob

(Infantry General Burgdorf)

Hubert de Lapparent

(Bailiff at Matignon)

Roger Lumont

(Jade Amicol)

Pierre Mirat

(Owner of the Medicis bistro)

Francis Nani

(Resistant student)

Peter Neusser

(SS (Bayeux Tapestry))

Sébastien Poitrenaud

(Resistant student)

Jean-Michel Rouzière

(Gentleman with the little dog)

Georges Staquet

(Captain Dronne)

Hénia Suchar

(Prefecture's switchboard operator)

Claude Vernier

(German prisoner)

Georges Claisse

(Intern with Monod (uncredited))

Suzy Delair

(Parisian woman (uncredited))

Patrick Dewaere

(Young resistant (uncredited))

André Falcon

(Member of Resistance council (uncredited))

Michel Fugain

(Young resistant (uncredited))

Jeanne Herviale

(Bit part (uncredited))

Michael Lonsdale

(Debu-Bridel (uncredited))

Jacques Léonard

(American soldier (uncredited))

Maria Machado

(Stella (uncredited))

E.G. Marshall

(Intelligence Officer Powell (uncredited))

Mike Marshall

(F.F.I. member (uncredited))

Georges Poujouly

(Landrieux (uncredited))

Serge Rousseau

(Col. Fabien (uncredited))

Cécile Vassort

(Young woman (uncredited))

Michel Sardou

(Young resistant (uncredited))