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    Unique ID Code: 0000009007
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    Added on: 12/10/2000 13:35
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    Les Enfants Du Paradis (UK)

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    "A monument in French Cinema" - The Guardian
    Certificate: PG
    Running Time: 183 mins
    Retail Price: £19.99
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    Synopsis:
    Voted `The Best French Film ever made` by the French Film Academy. Les Enfants du Paradis is a film of such dazzling proportions it has also been labelled the French Gone With The Wind.

    Set amidst the glittering theatre world of 19th century Paris, the story revoles around the beautiful and free-spirted courtesan. Garanace, 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.

    Special Features:
    Interactive Menus
    Scene Access
    Trailer
    Digitally Restored

    Video Tracks:
    Pan & Scan 1.33:1

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital Mono French

    Subtitle Tracks:
    English

    Directed By:
    Marcel Carné

    Written By:

    Starring:
    Gaston Modot
    Maria Casarès
    Pierre Renoir
    Pierre Brasseur
    Jean-Louis Barrault
    Arletty

    Soundtrack By:
    Maurice Thiriet
    Joseph Kosma

    Director of Photography:
    Roger Hubert
    Marc Fossard

    Editor:
    Henri Rust
    Madeleine Bonin

    Costume Designer:
    Mayo

    Production Designer:
    Alexandre Trauner

    Producer:
    Fred Orain
    Raymond Borderie

    Distributor:
    Pathe

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