Enfants du Paradis, Les
- Alternative title
- Children of Paradise
- Synopsis
- Feature film. Set in a mime theatre in Paris in the 1820s, tells the story of a free-spirited young woman, Garance, and four men who fall in love with her. There are two scenes from Othello (including V ii, the murder of Desdemona - Brasseur plays Othello) which cast oblique reflection on the plot and several quotations from the play throughout the film.
- Language
- French (Belgium)
- Country
- France
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1945
- Duration
- 195 mins
Credits
- Director
- Marcel Carne
- Producer
- André Paulvé
- Cinematographer
- Roger Hubert
- Screenplay
- Jacques Prevert
- Music
- Maurice Thiriet
- Production Design
- Leon Barsacq; Raymond Gabulti
- Costume
- Mayo
- Cast
Pierre Brasseur Fredericl Lemaitre (Othello) Arletty Garance Jean Louis Barrault Baptiste Debureau Marcel Herrand Pierre-Francois Lacenaire
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Othello
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- The film was shot in Paris and Nice during the Nazi occupation and released in 1945. The Nazis banned all films over about 90 minutes in length, so Carne made two films, confident he could show them together after the war was over. The film opened in Paris immediately after the liberation, and ran for 54 weeks. It is said to play somewhere in Paris every day.
- Awards
- 1947 Nominated for 1947 Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay - Jacques Prévert.
- Reviews
- Ganim, Russell. ‘Prevert Reads Shakespeare: Lacenaire as Iago in LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS’
Comparative Literature Studies - Vol. 38, No 1, 2001, pp. 46-67.
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How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Enfants du Paradis, Les". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av66541 (Accessed 18 Sep 2024)