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Where was Is Paris Burning? filmed?

1966 film, directed by René Clément.

  • rue de la Bûcherie

The story is set in Paris, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Paris
Filmed in
rue de la Bûcherie

About Is Paris Burning?

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Released
1966
Director
René Clément
Cast
Jean-Paul BelmondoCharles BoyerLeslie CaronJean-Pierre CasselGeorge ChakirisBruno CremerClaude DauphinAlain DelonKirk DouglasGlenn Ford
Genre
DramaWar

The story

Two factions of the French Resistance react differently to news that the approaching Allied forces plan to bypass the city to avoid costly street-fighting.

The communists refuse to stop fighting and the truce dies after a day.

General Omar Bradley agrees that the 2nd Armored Division under General Philippe Leclerc should enter the city.

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