Les Enfants Du Paradis (UK)

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"A monument in French Cinema" - The Guardian
Certificate: PG
Running Time: 183 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
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Synopsis:
Voted `The Best French Film ever made` by the French Film Academy. Les Enfants du Paradis is a film of such dazzling proportions it has also been labelled the French Gone With The Wind.

Set amidst the glittering theatre world of 19th century Paris, the story revoles around the beautiful and free-spirted courtesan. Garanace, and the four men who compete for her affections: a mime-artist, an actor, an aristocrat and a criminal. 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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Digitally Restored

Video Tracks:
Pan & Scan 1.33:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital Mono French

Subtitle Tracks:
English

Directed By:
Marcel Carné

Written By:

Starring:
Gaston Modot
Maria Casarès
Pierre Renoir
Pierre Brasseur
Jean-Louis Barrault
Arletty

Soundtrack By:
Maurice Thiriet
Joseph Kosma

Director of Photography:
Roger Hubert
Marc Fossard

Editor:
Henri Rust
Madeleine Bonin

Costume Designer:
Mayo

Production Designer:
Alexandre Trauner

Producer:
Fred Orain
Raymond Borderie

Distributor:
Pathe

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