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Zouzou is a French film by Marc Allégret released in 1934. Josephine Baker, who plays the title character, was the first black woman to play the leading role in a major motion picture. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris, with sets designed by the art directors Lazare Meerson and Alexandre Trauner.
As children, Zouzou and Jean are paired in a traveling circus as twins: she's dark, he's light. After they've grown, he treats her as if she were his sister, but she's in love with him. In Paris, he's a music hall electrician, she's a laundress who delivers clean underwear to the hall.
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- Crime, Musical, Romance
- Marc Allégret
- 1934-12-21
Zouzou is a French film by Marc Allégret released in 1934. Josephine Baker, who plays the title character, was the first black woman to play the leading role...
- 84 min
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Zouzou, a black girl, and Jean, a white boy, are displayed as twins in the side show of a circus. As adults Zouzou (Josephine Baker) and Jean (Jean Gabin) still regard themselves as sister and brother. Jean is a seaman, and Zouzou works in a laundry.
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- Productions Arys, Les Films H. Roussillon
- Marc Allégret
Zou Zou | Rotten Tomatoes. 1934 1h 40m Comedy Drama. List. As children, Zouzou (Joséphine Baker) and Jean (Jean Gabin) performed together in a circus. Onstage, they were falsely billed as...
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- Marc Allégret
- Comedy, Drama
- Josephine Baker
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Zou Zou tries to help her childhood friend prove his innocence after he's accused of murder. As children, Zouzou and Jean are paired in a traveling circus as twins: she's dark, he's light. After they've grown, he treats her as if she were his sister, but she's in love with him.
