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Is Paris Burning?
Is Paris Burning?
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IS PARIS BURNING?

Paris brûle-t-il?

Directed by René Clément
France, 1966
Drama, War

Synopsis

August 1944, Liberation of Paris. We see General Patton, Chaban-Delmas, one of the leaders of the Resistance, and General Leclerc. At the end, Hitler gave the order to destroy Paris by blowing up bridges & monuments, and General von Choltitz, commander of the Wehrmacht, disobeyed it by surrendering.

Synopsis

August 1944, Liberation of Paris. We see General Patton, Chaban-Delmas, one of the leaders of the Resistance, and General Leclerc. At the end, Hitler gave the order to destroy Paris by blowing up bridges & monuments, and General von Choltitz, commander of the Wehrmacht, disobeyed it by surrendering.