Directed by:
Marcel CarnéScreenplay:
Jacques PrévertCinematography:
Roger HubertComposer:
Maurice ThirietCast:
Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir, Gaston Modot, Albert Rémy, Jacques Castelot, Paul Frankeur, Robert Dhéry, Louis Salou (more)VOD (1)
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Set amidst the glittering theatre world of 19th century Paris, the story revolves around the beautiful and free-spirited courtesan, Garance, 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. (Second Sight)
(more)Cast
Arletty
France
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
Un drôle de dimanche (1958)
Jean-Louis Barrault
France
Best movies:
The Carmelites (1960)
The Longest Day (1962)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Pierre Brasseur
France
Best movies:
The Carmelites (1960)
The Gates of Paris (1957)
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
Pierre Renoir
France
Best movies:
Judgment of the God (1952)
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
Knock (1951)
Gaston Modot
France
Best movies:
Beauty of the Devil (1950)
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Albert Rémy
France
Best movies:
The Carmelites (1960)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Grand Prix (1966)
Jacques Castelot
Belgium
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
Brigade Anti-Gangs (1966)
Paul Frankeur
France
Best movies:
Marie-October (1959)
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Robert Dhéry
France
Best movies:
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
The Little Bather (1967)
The American Beauty (1961)
Louis Salou
France
Best movies:
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
The Charterhouse of Parma (1948)
The Devil's Hand (1943)
Jean Carmet
France
Best movies:
My Mother's Castle (1990)
Les Misérables (1982)
The Fighting Musketeers (1961)
María Casares
Spain
Best movies:
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
Orpheus (1950)
The Charterhouse of Parma (1948)
Gérard Blain
France
Best movies:
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
The Cousins (1959)
Le Beau Serge (1958)
Marcel Herrand
France
Best movies:
Fearless Little Soldier (1952)
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
Ruy Blas (1948)
Jane Marken
France
Best movies:
L'Idiot (1946)
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
The House of Lovers (1957)
Lucienne Legrand
France
Best movies:
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
Mado (1976)
The Verdict (1974)
André Numès Fils
France
Best movies:
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
Marcel Pérès
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale (1963)
Nicolas Bataille
France
Best movies:
My Uncle (1958)
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
Lift to the Scaffold (1958)
Raphaël Patorni
France
Best movies:
Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
The Red and the Black (1954)