| Description |
2 videodiscs (190 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (38 pages ; illustrations ; 17 cm). |
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digital optical mono rda |
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full screen (1.37:1) |
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video file Blu-ray region A rda |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 141.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray Disc, widescreen (16:9) presentation; 1.37:1 aspect ratio ; PCM mono; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1945. |
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Special features include: Disc one. Pathé's 2011 restoration of part one; audio commentary by film scholar Brian Stonehill; 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 -- Disc two. Pathé's 2011 restoration of part two; audio commentary by film scholar Charles Affron; "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; new visual essay on the design of "Children of paradise" by film writer Paul Ryan. |
| Language |
Dialogue in French with optional English subtitles (new English subtitle translations). |
| Cast |
Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir, Maria Casarès, Louis Salou, Marcel Herrand. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Roger Hubert ; editors, Henri Rust, Madeleine Bonin ; music, Maurice Thiriet, Joseph Kosma. |
| Summary |
A story which revolves around theater in 19th century Paris, and the love between the mime Debureau and the beautiful courtesan Garance who is also loved by an aristocrat, a criminal, and an actor. |
| Contents |
Disc one: Part 1. Le boulevard du crime (The boulevard of crime) -- Disc two: Part 2. L'homme blanc (The man in white). |
| Subject |
Theater and society -- France -- Paris -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Mime -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Foreign films, French.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Added Author |
Carné, Marcel, director.
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Prévert, Jacques, 1900-1977, screenwriter.
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Orain, Fred, producer.
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Borderie, R. (Raymond), 1897-1982.
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Arletty, 1898-1992, actor.
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Barrault, Jean-Louis, 1910-1994, actor.
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Brasseur, Pierre, 1905-1972, actor.
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Renoir, Pierre, 1885-1952, actor.
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Casarès, Maria, actor.
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Salou, Louis, 1902-1948, actor.
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Herrand, Marcel, actor.
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Thiriet, Maurice, 1906-1972, composer (expression)
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Kosma, Joseph, 1905-1969, composer (expression)
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Stonehill, Brian, commentator.
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Gilliam, Terry, writer of introduction.
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Affron, Charles, commentator.
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Houwer, Rob, 1937- director.
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Ryan, Paul, 1952 December 30- author, narrator.
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Société nouvelle Pathé cinéma (France)
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Pathé Consortium Cinéma.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Children of paradise |
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Enfants du paradis (Motion picture)
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Once upon a time: "Children of paradise."
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Birth of "Children of paradise."
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| ISBN |
9781604656275 |
| Standard No. |
715515098311 |
| Music No. |
CC2177BD Image Entertainment |
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