Lili

Lili

You'll fall in love with...

NR 1953 · 81 min · ★ 6.8 · Romance, Drama, Music

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?

Directed by Charles Walters · Written by Helen Deutsch

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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)

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