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  • Title: Children of Paradise [Les Enfants du Paradis]
  • Summary: In Paris of the 1840s a mime falls in love with an elusive woman, but her problems with other men keeps them apart.
  • Director: Marcel Carné
  • Cast: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir, María Casares
  • Year: 1945
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  • Format: LD
  • Language: French with English subtitles
  • Country: France
  • Comments: The laserdisc includes an audio commentary by Brian Stonehill, an interview with Marcel Carne, the film treatment in English and French, production photographs, filmographies and bibliographies and French paintings of influence. Cahiers du Cinema Best Film #9 New York Times 1000 Films British Film Institute Top 250 Films (2012): #73
  • Collection: Drama