Lili (1953)

6.8/10 81 min Romance Drama Music

Overview

Members of a circus troupe "adopt" Lili Daurier when she finds herself stranded in a strange town. The magician who first comes to her rescue already has romantic entanglements and thinks of her as a little girl. Who can she turn to but the puppets, singing to them her troubles, forgetting that there are puppeteers? A crowd gathers around Lili as she sings. The circus has a new act. She now has a job. Will she get her heart's desire?

Cast

Leslie Caron

Lili Daurier

Mel Ferrer

Paul Berthalet

Jean-Pierre Aumont

Marc

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Rosalie

Kurt Kasznar

Jacquot

Amanda Blake

Peach Lips

Alex Gerry

Proprietor

Ralph Dumke

M. Corvier

Wilton Graff

M. Tonit

George Baxter

M. Enrique

Eda Reiss Merin

Fruit peddler (uncredited)

Reginald Simpson

Workman (uncredited)

George Davis

Workman (uncredited)

Mitchell Lewis

Concessionaire (uncredited)

Charles Walters

Dancer (uncredited)

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