In the tenement slums of Paris between the world wars, impoverished street singer Albert yearns for beautiful Romanian immigrant Pola. Pola's boyfriend, local hoodlum Fred, grows jealous of Albert's constant attention to his woman and frames the hapless musician for one of his own petty crimes. But while Albert is in prison for Fred's misdeed, Pola ends up falling for Albert's faithful best friend, Louis.

• DirectorRené Clair
• Release28 April 1930
• Genre
  Drama / Romance
• Duration1h 32m
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• Revenue?
• Rate
  

  6.526
  58 reviews
• Productions

  Société des films sonores Tobis