Black Tights

Black Tights
Directed by	Terence Young
Produced by	Joe Kaufmann (producer) Simon Schiffrin (producer)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Henri Alekan
Release dates	1961
Running time	140 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Black Tights (1-2-3-4 ou Les Collants noirs) is a 1961 French anthology film featuring four ballet segments shot in Technirama and directed by Terence Young.

The film is also known as Un deux trois quatre! in France (short title).

Plot summary

Four stories are performed in the form of ballet: The Diamond Cruncher, Cyrano de Bergerac, A Merry Mourning and Carmen.

Cast

Zizi Jeanmaire as The Gold Digger / Carmen
Cyd Charisse as The Widow
Roland Petit as Cyrano / The Suitor / Don José
Moira Shearer as Roxane
Maurice Chevalier as Narrator (voice)
Dirk Sanders as Pierrot
George Reich as Christian
Josette Clavier as The Woman Bandit
Bertie Eckhrat as The Bartender
Hans von Manen as The Husband / A Bad guy / A Bandit
Henning Kronstam as The Bullfighter

External links

Black Tights at the Internet Movie Database
Black Tights is available for free download at the Internet Archive

The films of Terence Young

Films directed	Corridor of Mirrors (1948) One Night with You (1948) Woman Hater (1948) They Were Not Divided (1950) Valley of Eagles (1951) The Tall Headlines (1952) The Red Beret (1953) That Lady (1955) Storm Over the Nile (1955; with Zoltan Korda) Safari (1956) Zarak (1956) Action of the Tiger (1957) No Time to Die (1958) Serious Charge (1959) Too Hot to Handle (1960) Black Tights (1961) Duel of Champions (1961) Dr. No (1962) From Russia With Love (1963) The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965) The Dirty Game (1965; with Christian-Jacque, Werner Klingler, and Carlo Lizzani) Thunderball (1965) The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966; TV) Triple Cross (1966) The Rover (1967) Wait Until Dark (1967) Mayerling (1968) The Christmas Tree (1969) Cold Sweat (1970) Red Sun (1971) The Valachi Papers (1972) War Goddess (1973) The Klansman (1974) Jackpot (1974-1975; unfinished) Foxbat (1977; with Po-Chih Leong) Bloodline (1979) Inchon (1981) The Jigsaw Man (1984) Run for Your Life (1988)

Documentaries	Theirs Is the Glory (with Brian Desmond Hurst) (1946)

Screenplays	On the Night of the Fire (1939) Dangerous Moonlight (1941) Secret Mission (1942) On Approval (1944) Hungry Hill (1947) The Bad Lord Byron (1949) Atout coeur à Tokyo pour OSS 117 (1966)

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