{{short description|1939 film}} {{For|the silent film|The Maelstrom of Paris}} {{Infobox film | name = Whirlwind of Paris | image = Whirlwind of Paris.jpg | caption = | director = Henri Diamant-Berger | producer = Ray Ventura | writer = André Hornez <br> Jean Nohain | starring =Ray Ventura <br> Mona Goya <br> Grégoire Aslan | music = Paul Misraki | cinematography = Fred Langenfeld | editing = Christian Gaudin <br> Charlotte Guilbert | studio = Les Films Albert Lauzin | distributor = Mercury Films | released = {{Film date|1939|12|13|df=yes}} | runtime = 88 minutes | country = France | language = French | budget = | gross = }} '''''Whirlwind of Paris''''' (French: '''''Tourbillon de Paris''''') is a 1939 French musical comedy film directed by Henri Diamant-Berger and starring Ray Ventura, Mona Goya and Grégoire Aslan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/373345 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117234127/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/373345 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-01-17 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | Le TOURBILLON DE PARIS (1939) |publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date=2009-04-16 |accessdate=2012-03-15}}</ref><ref>Powrie & Cadalanu p.259</ref> The film's sets were designed by the art directors Guy de Gastyne and Robert Gys.
==Synopsis== A group of students from Grenoble University form an orchestra and try to gain work in Paris.
==Cast== * Ray Ventura as himself * Fernand Charpin as Charbonnier * Marguerite Pierry as Mme. Charbonnier * Mona Goya as Marie-Claude * Jean Tissier as Rosales * Paul Misraki as Paul * Claire Jordan as Mony * Ludmilla Pitoëff as Mony * Grégoire Aslan as Coco * Jimmy Gaillard as Un collégien * Robert Ozanne as Julot * Paul Demange as Le commissaire * André Dassary as Un collégien * Pierre Feuillère as Le compositeur * Madeleine Suffel as La caissière * Claire Gérard as La concierge * Georges Bever as Le machiniste * Milly Mathis as Pâquerette * Marcel Vallée as Barigoul * Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Mme Marceline * Marthe Mussine as La deuxième secrétaire * Georges Flateau as Le barman * André Nicolle as Le médecin * Georges Paulais as Le pilote
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Bibliography== * Powrie, Phil & Cadalanu, Marie . ''The French Film Musical''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0196166}} {{Henri Diamant-Berger}}
Category:1939 films Category:1939 musical comedy films Category:1939 French films Category:1939 French-language films Category:Films directed by Henri Diamant-Berger Category:Films set in Paris Category:Films scored by Paul Misraki Category:French black-and-white films Category:French musical comedy films Category:French-language musical comedy films
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