---
title: 'Children of Paradise (1945)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Marcel Carné'
released: '1945-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 190
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/children-of-paradise-1945'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037674/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Children of Paradise (1945)

1945 · 190 min · Drama, Romance · France

Original title: Les Enfants du paradis

## Synopsis

Children of Paradise is a two-part French romantic drama film by Marcel Carné, produced under war conditions in 1943, 1944, and early 1945 in both Vichy France and Occupied France. Set in the theatrical world of 1830s Paris, it tells the story of a courtesan and four men—a mime, an actor, a criminal and an aristocrat—who love her in entirely different ways.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Marcel Carné](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-carne)
- **Screenplay:** [Jacques Prévert](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-prevert)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Maurice Thiriet](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-thiriet)
- **Producer:** [Raymond Borderie](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-borderie)
- **Director of Photography:** [Roger Hubert](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-hubert), [Marc Fossard](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-fossard)
- **Editor:** [Henri Rust](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-rust)

## Cast

- [Louis Florencie](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-florencie) as un agent de police
- [Raphaël Patorni](https://cinepixo.com/people/raphael-patorni)
- [Josselin](https://cinepixo.com/people/josselin)
- [Jean Diener](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-diener)
- [Roger Gaillard](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-gaillard)
- [Jane Marken](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-marken) as Madame Hermine
- [Gérard Blain](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-blain)
- [Roger Vincent](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-vincent)
- [Pierre Palau](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-palau) as régisseur des Funambules
- [Albert Rémy](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-remy) as Scarpia Barrigni
- [Raymond Rognoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-rognoni) as directeur du Grand Théâtre
- [Gustave Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustave-hamilton)
- [Jacques Castelot](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-castelot) as Georges
- [Jean-Louis Barrault](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-louis-barrault) as Jean-Gaspard Deburau
- [Pierre Brasseur](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-brasseur) as Frédérick Lemaître

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/children-of-paradise-1945
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