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Les enfants du paradis [videorecording]

2012
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Classic French drama following the ill-fated love of a mime artist and a sometime actress in 1840s Paris. When Baptiste (Jean-Louis Barrault) comes to the rescue of Garance (Arletty) when she is falsely accused of shoplifting, it is the beginning of an obsession that will have a profound effect on his life. Unhappily for Baptiste, the beautiful Garance has three equally determined suitors: Fréderick (Pierre Brasseur), an actor, Pierre François (Marcel Herrand), a thief, and the aristocratic Édouard (Louis Salou). The lives of the four men become intertwined as they pursue Garance, with increasingly dangerous consequences for all...
Main title:
Les enfants du paradis [videorecording] / producer, Adrien Remaugé.
Author:
Carné, Marcel, directorThiriet, Maurice, composer (expression)Arletty, actorBarrault, Jean-Louis, actorBrasseur, Pierre, actor
Imprint:
[United Kingdom] : Second Sight, 2012.
Collation:
2 DVDs (187 min.) : black and white.
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 2 disc(s), Interactive menus, Scene access, Ratio (1:1.33 (4:3) Standard), Languages (French), Subtitles (English), 'Making of' documentary, Other documentaries ('Once Upon a Time...Les Enfants Du Paradis', 'The Restoration', 'The Restoration - Before and After').Made in 1945.DVDR.In French; Closed captioning in English.
Credits:
Credits: director, Marcel Carné; writer, Jacques Prévert; music, Maurice Thiriet; cinematographer, Roger Hubert.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Marcel Herrand, María Casarès, Louis Salou, Pierre Renoir, Gaston Modot.
Audience:
BBFC code: PG.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
French
BRN:
558934
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
Richmond Lending LibraryDVD U/PG/EAvailable
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