DVD
Children of paradise = Les enfants du paradis
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Two-DVD special ed.
Languages
In French, with English subtitles.
Performers
Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Marcel Herrand, Pierre Renoir, Maria Casarès, Louis Salou, Étienne Decroux, Fabien Loris, Jeanne Marken.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2012]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (190 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Summary
This depiction of nineteenth-century Paris's theatrical demimonde, filmed during World War II, follows a mysterious woman loved by four different men (all based on historical figures): an actor, a criminal, a count, and a mime.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1945.
Special features: audio commentary by film scholar Brian Stonehill on Part One ; video introduction by director Terry Gilliam ; Once upon a time: "Children of paradise," a 2009 documentary on the making of the film ; U.S. trailer ; audio commentary by film scholar Charles Affron on Part Two ; The birth of "Children of paradise," a 1967 Rob Houwer Film documentary featuring interviews with director Marcel Carné, actors Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, and Pierre Brasseur, production designer Alexandre Trauner and others ; restoration demonstration ; visual essay on the design of Children of paradise by film writer Paul Ryan.
Contents
- Disc one. Pathé's 2011 restoration of Part One
- Disc two. Pathé's 2011 restoration of Part Two.