Children of Paradise [Les Enfants du Paradis] (Original photograph of Jean-Louis Barrault from the 1945 film)

Author: Marcel Carné (director); Jacques Prévert (screenwriter); Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Marcel Herrand (starring)
Title: Children of Paradise [Les Enfants du Paradis] (Original photograph of Jean-Louis Barrault from the 1945 film)
Publication: N.p. N.p., Circa 1945

Description: Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1945 film, showing actor Jean-Louis Barrault. Mimeo snipe and French Ministère de L'Information stamp on the verso.

An influential classic of French cinema, following a courtesan in nineteenth century Paris who finds her attentions torn between four possible suitors-a mime, an actor, a thief, and an aristocrat.

Set and shot on location in France.

7 x 8.5 inches. Very Good plus, with light wear on the left and right edges.

Criterion Collection 141. Ebert II. Rosenbaum 1000.

Seller ID: 158634

Subject: 1940s Cinema, Directors, European Cinema, Film Still Photographs, French Cinema, Photographs



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