Children Of Paradise
Criterion (1945)
Comedy, Drama
In Collection
#2678
0*
Seen ItYes
037429151723
IMDB   8.3
3 hr 10 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Arletty Caire Reine, dite Garance
Jean Louis Barrault
Pierre Brasseur Frédérick Lemaître
Maria Casares
Marcel Herrand
Pierre Renoir Jéricho
Louis Salou Édouard
Jean-Louis Barrault Baptiste Debureau
María Casares Nathalie
Gaston Modot Fil de Soie
Fabien Loris Avril
Marcel Pérès Director of the Funambules
Etienne Decroux Anselme Debureau
Jane Marken Mme. Hermine
Marcelle Monthil Marie
Louis Florencie Policeman
Habib Benglia Turkish Bath Attendant
Jacques Castelot George
Paul Frankeur Police Inspector
Palau Le régisseur des Funambules
Rognoni Le directeur du Grand Théâtre
Director
Marcel Carne
Marcel Carné
Carn
Producer R. Borderie
Raymond Borderie
Fred Orain
Writer Jacques Prevert
Cinematography Marc Fossard
Roger Hubert
Musician Joseph Kosma
Maurice Thiriet


Double-Disc Set

Poetic realism reaches sublime heights with Children of Paradise (Les enfants du paradis), the ineffably witty tale of a woman loved by four different men. Deftly entwining theater, literature, music, and design, director Marcel Carne and screenwriter Jacques Prevert resurrect the tumultuous world of 19th-Century Paris, teeming with hucksters and aristocrats, thieves and courtesans, pimps and seers. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this milestone of cinema in a new high-definition film transfer made from the restored negative.
Edition Details
Edition Special Edition
Distributor Criterion
Chapters 47
Release Date 1/22/2002
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 B&W
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 2

Features
Disc 01 Disc One:
Commentary by Film Scholar Brian Stonehill
Video Introduction by Director Terry Gilliam
Restoration Demonstration

Disc Two:
Commentary by Film Scholar Charles Affron
Jacques Prevert's Film Treatment
Production Designs by Alexandre Trauner
Production Stills Gallery
Filmographies for Marcel Carne and Jacques Prevert
U.S. Theatrical Trailer