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Moulin Rouge occurs as 1952 movie directed by John Huston and produced by Sir John Woolf and James Woolf of Romulus Films. A film is placed within Paris in the late 19th century, following artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in the city's bohemian sub-culture in & in a burlesque palace, the Moulin Rouge. A screenplay is by Huston, according to a novel by Pierre La Mure.
A film stars José Ferrer as Toulouse-Lautrec, with Zsa Zsa Gabor, Suzanne Flon, Eric Pohlmann, Colette Marchand, Christopher Lee, Michael Balfour, Peter Cushing, Katherine Kath, and Muriel Smith.
"Moulin Rouge" received septenary Academy Award nominations including two wins.
Besides a film score, composed by Georges Auric, was quite successful: the Moulin Rouge Theme processed it to the stock and index charts.
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