Gates of Paris (film)

Porte des Lilas
Gates of Paris
Directed byRené Clair
Screenplay byRené Clair
Jean Aurel
Based onLa Grande ceinture
by René Fallet
Produced byRené Clair
André Daven
StarringPierre Brasseur
Georges Brassens
Henri Vidal
Dany Carrel
CinematographyRobert Lefebvre
Edited byLouisette Hautecoeur
Music byGeorges Brassens
Distributed byCinédis (France)
Lopert Pictures Corporation (U.S.)
Release dates
  • 20 September 1957 (1957-09-20) (Italy)
  • 25 September 1957 (1957-09-25) (France)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench

Porte des Lilas (English: Gate of Lilacs) is a 1957 French-Italian crime drama film directed by René Clair, based on René Fallet's novel La Grande ceinture. The film is known as both Gates of Lilacs and The Gates of Paris, but was released under the latter title in the United States.