About this title: Even in 1945, Marcel Carné's Children of Paradise was regarded as an old-fashioned film. Set in the Parisian theatrical world of the 1840s, Jacques Prévert's screenplay concerns four men in love with the mysterious Garance (Arletty). Each loves Garance in his own fashion, but only the intentions of sensitive mime-actor Deburau (Jean-Louis Barrault) are entirely honorable; as a result, it is he who suffers most, hurdling one obstacle after another in pursuit of an evidently unattainable goal. In the stylized fashion of 19th-century French drama, many grand passions are spent during the film's ...
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Description: Garance Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir, María Casares, Gaston Modot. New in new packaging. 1945 Run time: 195. In the 1800s theatre district of Paris, an actor falls in love with an unattainable woman. Circumstances keep them apart but their love never dies. A Classic that has been compared to "Gone With The Wind". Produced under extreme hardship during the final days of WWII during the Nazi occupation of France, numerous actors were also French Resistance fighters ... read more
Format: VHS
Studio: Tricolore Films
UPC:037429048832
Description: Starring Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Marcel Herrand, Albert Remy, Pierre Renoir. Originally released: 1945. Run time: 189 mins. Black & white. Two VHS cassette tapes in original slip-case. The classic French film set on Paris' Boulevard du Crime in the 1820s. read more
Description: New. 037429151723 BRAND NEW and FACTORY SEALED! ! We sell no bootlegs or imports. Buy with confidence. Holiday shipping experts! read more
Description: Very Good/Very Good. Video PAL/book Box set containing Video & book of script. Cat # ART 066B. read more
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Format: DVD
Screen format: Full Screen
DVD region: 1
Studio: Criterion
Date: 01/22/2002
UPC:037429151723
Description: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir, María Casares. New. 1946 Run time: 190. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Full Screen
Studio: Tricolore Films
UPC:037429151723
Description: Arletty; Jean-Louis Barrault; Pierre Brasseur; Marcel Herrand; Albert Remy; Pierre Renoir. New. Run time: 189 mins. Language: French. read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Full Screen
Studio: Tricolore Films
Date: 2002
UPC:037429151723
Description: Arletty; Jean-Louis Barrault; Pierre Brasseur; Marcel Herrand; Albert Remy; Pierre Renoir. New. Run time: 189 mins. Language: French. read more
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