If Paris Were Told to Us

{{short description|1956 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Si Paris nous était conté

| image = 1956 Si Paris nous etait conte.jpg

| caption =

| director = Sacha Guitry

| producer = Gilbert Bokanowski

| writer = Sacha Guitry

| starring =Françoise Arnoul
Danielle Darrieux
Sacha Guitry
Robert Lamoureux
Jean Marais
Michèle Morgan
Gérard Philipe

| music = Jean Françaix

| cinematography = Philippe Agostini

| editing = Paulette Robert

| studio = Courts et Longs Métrages (C.L.M.)
F.L.F.
Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG)

| distributor = Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont

| released = {{Film date|1956|01|27|df=y}}

| runtime = 130 minutes

| country = France

| language =

| budget =$3 million{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/variety197-1955-03/page/n151/mode/1up?q=%22budgeted+at%22|magazine=Variety|title=Paris|date=9 March 1955|page=78}}

| gross =2,8113,682 admissions (France){{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-jean-marais-c22695355|title=Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films|website=Box Office Story}}

}}

If Paris Were Told to Us ({{langx|fr|Si Paris nous était conté}}) is a 1956 French historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry. The admissions in France were 2,813,682 people.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048616/business {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}

Summary

If Paris Were Told to Us is a historical film about the French capital, Paris, from the founding of the city to the significant events shaping its history. Narrated by Guitry himself, the film journeys through events following historical figures prominent in shaping the city's history. From King Charles VII to the assassination of King Henry III, to the creation of printing and construction of the Louvre Palace, the film depicts how the French capital came to be.{{Citation |title=Si Paris nous était conté (1956) - Plot - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048616/plotsummary/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |language=en-US}}

Principal cast

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