Torrential

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

(Docteur 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

(The 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/Lieutenant Pierre de la Fouchardière)

Robert Stack

(General Sibert)

Simone Signoret

(Cafe Owner)

Jean-Louis Trintignant

(Capitaine Serge)

Pierre Vaneck

(Maj. Roger Gallois)

Marie Versini

(Claire Morandat)

Skip Ward

(Charlie, un soldat U.S.)

Orson Welles

(Konsul Nordling)

Michel Etcheverry

(Préfet Luizet)

Billy Frick

(Adolf Hitler)

Ernst Fritz Fürbringer

(General von Voineburg)

Konrad Georg

(Gen. Field Marshal Model)

Joachim Hansen

(Commandant prison de Fresnes)

Félix Marten

(Georges Landrieu)

Paloma Matta

(Lilane Charvet, la jeune mariée)

Günter Meisner

(SS Commandant Pantin)

Sacha Pitoëff

(Joliot-Curie)

Albert Rémy

(Policeman / Le gendarme)

Christian Rode

(Soldat allemand brûlé)

Helmuth Schneider

(Adjudant allemand métro)

Otto Stern

(Soldat allemand métro)

Tony Taffin

(Bernard Labé)

Jean Valmont

(F.F.I. bazooka)

Karl-Otto Alberty

(SS - tapisserie de Bayeux)

Pierre Collet

(Un policier résistant)

Paul Crauchet

(Priest)

Germaine de France

(Old lady)

Bernard Fresson

(Agent de liaison F.F.I.)

Michel Gonzalès

(Étudiant résistant)

Peter Jacob

(Génaral Burgdorf / Gen. Burgdorf)

Hubert de Lapparent

(L'huissier à Matignon)

Roger Lumont

(Jade Amicol)

Pierre Mirat

(Patron du bistro Medicis)

Francis Nani

(Étudiant resistant)

Peter Neusser

(SS - tapisserie de Bayeux)

Sébastien Poitrenaud

(Étudiant resistant)

Jean-Michel Rouzière

(Le monsieur au petit chien)

Georges Staquet

(Capitaine Dronne)

Hénia Suchar

(La standardiste de la préfecture)

Claude Vernier

(Prisonnier allemand)

Georges Claisse

(Intern with Monod (uncredited))

Suzy Delair

(Une Parisienne (uncredited))

Patrick Dewaere

(A young resister (uncredited))

André Falcon

(Member of Resistance council (uncredited))

Michel Fugain

(A 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

(Une jeune femme (uncredited))

Michel Sardou

(un résistant (uncredited))

Albert Augier

(Général Leclerc (voice))