Children of Paradise
1945 | Drama | France | Directed by Marcel Carne
Overview
A love quadrangle among theater folk in 1830s Paris, filmed in occupied France under Nazi censorship. Jacques Prevert dialogue, Jean-Louis Barrault mime artistry, and a Boulevard of Crime built at epic scale. Released just as Paris was liberated. Often voted the greatest French film ever made, the apex of poetic realism.
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