Les enfants du paradis [videorecording] = Children of paradise / Société nouvelle Pathé cinéma ; un film de Marcel Carné ; director, Marcel Carné ; screenplay, Jacques Prévert ; producer, Raymond Borderie.

ISBN: 0780023528
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (190 min.) : sd., b&amp;w ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [S.l.] : Criterion Collection, c2002.

Summary:

Drama about the theater and the individuals that made the stage their life. Includes the love story of four men for one woman.

Item details

General Note:	This DVD release of the 1945 motion picture is a new digital transfer with an optimal image quality (RSDL dual-layer edition). It also includes a new and improved English subtitle translation. Includes 26-page booklet containing the film's history and interview with film scholar Brian Stonehill. Special features: Disc one. Commentary by film scholar Brian Stonehill ; video introduction by director Terry Gilliam ; and a restoration demonstration -- Disc two. Commentary by film scholar Charles Affron ; Jacques Prévert's film treatment ; production designs by Alexandre Trauner ; production stills gallery ; filmographies for Marcel Carné and Jacques Prévert ; and the U.S. theatrical trailer.
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc one: Part 1. The boulevard of crime -- Disc two: Part 2. The man in white.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Roger Hubert ; editors, Henri Rust, Madeleine Bonin ; music, Maurice Thiriet, Joseph Kosma.
Participant or Performer Note:	Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir, Maria Casarès.
System Details Note:	DVD ; Dolby digital.
Language Note:	Dialogue in French with English subtitles.