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Les Enfants du Paradis: 1: The Boulevard of Crime

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Classic drama, showing over two nights, in the season marking 100 years of cinema.
Starring Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur

1840: the theatre world is split into two opposing camps. Baptiste Debureau, the shy mime, and Frederick Lemaitre, the irrepressible actor, are rivals in their art as well as in their love for the bewitching Garance. But Garance has other admirers: villainous Lacenaire and the wealthy Count de Montray. All their paths intersect on the Boulevard of Crime - the highest balcony in the theatre, where the poorest people are seated.
(Part two can be seen tomorrow at 12.20am) (1945) (B/W)
See Films: pages 56-63 *****

Contributors

Director:
Marcel Carne
Garance:
null Arletty
Baptiste Debureau:
Jean-Louis Barrault
Frederick Lemaitre:
Pierre Brasseur
Lacenaire:
Marcel Herrand
Jericho, the old clothes man:
Pierre Renoir
Natalie:
Maria Casares
Anselme Debureau:
Etienne Decroux
Avril, Lacenaire's assistant:
Fabien Loris
Count de Montray:
Louis Salou
Source: Radio Times

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