Strip-tease has a pleasing Paris setting and a convincing strip club atmosphere, where a roster of exotic dancers do their thing. Making the club atmosphere work is the animated Dany Saval, as a charming gossip and outspoken cheerleader for the art of the strip-tease. Berthe encourages Ariane to loosen up and enjoy what she's doing.
Acting
Nico's icy vulnerability before Velvet Underground fame.
Production
Authentic Crazy Horse cabaret atmosphere, documentary-like.
Director
Jacques Poitrenaud
Nico
Ariane, la danseuse Allemande
Dany Saval
Dodo Voluptuous / Berthe
Jean Sobieski
Jean-Loup
Joe Turner
Darry Cowl
Paul, le directeur du Crazy-Horse
Jean Tissier
Déodat, The Painter
Robert Rollis
le photographe
Marcel Charvey
un journaliste
Jean-Marie Rivière
Self
Françoise Arnoul
Self
Jean-Pierre Zola
Alice Cocéa
Middle Class Lady / Jean-Loup's Aunt
Tanya Lopert
Contessa Medioli
Monique Vita
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on location at the actual Crazy Horse Saloon during its 1960s peak, capturing a vanished Parisian demimonde.
Nico's first major film role—she'd soon abandon acting for music, joining Velvet Underground in 1966.
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