Children of Paradise (1945)
Les enfants du paradis (original title)

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Arletty	...	Caire Reine, dite Garance
	Jean-Louis Barrault	...	Jean-Baptiste Debureau
	Pierre Brasseur	...	Frédérick Lemaître
	Pierre Renoir	...	Jéricho
	María Casares	...	Nathalie (as María Casarès)
	Gaston Modot	...	Fil de Soie
	Fabien Loris	...	Avril
	Marcel Pérès	...	Le directeur des Funambules
	Palau	...	Le régisseur des Funambules (as Pierre Palau)
	Etienne Decroux	...	Anselme Debureau (as Étienne Decroux)
	Jane Marken	...	Mme Hermine (as Jeanne Marken)
	Marcelle Monthil	...	Marie
	Louis Florencie	...	Le gendarme des 'Adrets'
	Habib Benglia	...	L'employé des bains turcs
	Rognoni	...	Le directeur du Grand Théâtre

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This tragic tale centers around the ill-fated love between Baptiste, a theater mime, and Claire Reine, an actress and otherwise woman-about-town who calls herself Garance. Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: Frederick, a pretentious actor; Lacenaire, a conniving thief; and Count Eduard of Monteray. The story is further complicated by Nathalie, an actress who is in love with Baptiste. Garance and Baptiste meet when Garance is falsely accused of stealing a man's watch. Garance is forced to enter the protection of Count Eduard when she is innocently implicated in a crime committed by Lacenaire. In the intervening years of separation, both Garance and Baptiste become involved in loveless relationships with the Count and Nathalie, respectively. Baptiste is the father of a son. Returning to Paris, Garance finds that Baptiste has become a famous mime actor. Nathalie sends her child to foil their meeting... Written by kevin kraynak <kevin@kraynakk.com>  

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