The Children of Paradise
1945
Streaming Video
Four men compete for the love of a courtesan. Voted "The best French film ever made" by the French Film Academy. The Children Of Paradise (Les Enfants Du Paradis) is a film of such dazzling proportions it has been labelled the French Gone With The Wind. Set amidst the glittering theatre world of 19th century Paris, the story revolves around the beautiful and free-spirited courtesan, Garance (Arletty), and the four men who compete for her affections: mime-artist Baptiste Debureau (Jean-Louis Barrault), actor Frederick LeMaitre (Pierre Brasseur), aristocrat Edouard de Montray (Louis Salou) and criminal Pierre Francois Lacenaire (Marcel Herrand). As the melodrama unfolds, we are treated to one of cinema's greatest love stories - a captivating tale of passion, deception and murder.
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Work:
Imprint:
France : Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma, 1945.Sydney : Beamafilm Pty. Ltd.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file (190 min.) )
Notes:
Available online at Beamafilm.FrenchDescription based on online resource; title from title screen.
Credits:
Director, Marcel Carne
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Arletty,Jean-Louis Barrault,Pierre Brasseur
Audience:
PG Australian Classification BoardPG New Zealand Classification Board
Language:
French
Subject:
BRN:
764584
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