Children of Paradise

Name: Children of Paradise
Director: Marcel Carné
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1945
Duration: 3 h 10 min
Rating: 8.065

AT LAST! The Celebrated French Film.

1945·Directed by Marcel Carné·4.2·3h 10m

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Drama Romance France

Filmed during the German occupation, this French milestone centers around the theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan and the four men who love her. Voted the “Best French Film in History” by the French Film Academy in 1990.

Recommended by 4 People

“One of my favorite French films from the wartime... it's a good image of acting for me, because it's always about showing the crack and what happens behind the makeup.”

Stellan Skarsgård

Actor

“I think maybe my favorite movie ever... You completely believe that you're in 18th century France, which is really hard to do... You really feel like somehow they managed to transport you into the period.”

Rebecca Miller

Director, Writer

“When I did Devil in a Blue Dress, the street scenes in this film inspired me to do the street scenes the way that I did them in Devil in a Blue Dress.”