Moulin Rouge

Moulin Rouge is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Olga Chekhova, Eve Gray and Jean Bradin. The film is set in and around the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris. Plot Andre and his fiancé Margaret go to the Moulin Rouge nightclub where they see the performance of the star performer Parysia. Margaret reveals to Andre that Parysia is her mother. After the show, they go backstage to meet Parysia. While eating dinner, they discuss Andre and Margaret's relationship. Although they want to be married, Andre's father has forbidden it. Parysia goes to Andre's father and convinces him to give his blessing. In the meantime, Andre has realized that he has fallen in love with Parysia. While Margaret and her mother start planning the wedding and getting Margaret her wedding dress, Andre is agonizing over a letter to his father to thank him. Andre becomes more depressed when he writes sentences mentioning Parysia in the letter. Andre meets Margaret and they go out to dinner. Margaret get tipsy and asks Andre to kiss her. Andre kisses her passionately while thinking he is actually kissing Parysia. After taking Margaret home, Andre plans his suicide. As he promised he would drive to his father's in the country and ask him to the wedding, he sabotages the brakes on the car. The next morning, he goes to pick up Margaret. He attempts to convince her not to go with him but he is overwrought and passes out. Margret leaves in the car while Andre sleeps. After Andre wakes up, he tells Parysia of what he has done, saying he could not enter into a marriage that is a lie; he loves Parysia. Parysia convinces Andre to take her car and save Margaret.