In this film's second section called "The Man in White," Count Edouard wrongly accuses the actor Frédérick LeMaître of sleeping with his wife after a performance of Othello before the Count is assassinated in a Turkish bath by the villainous Lacenaire.
The primary female character in this film is first seen sitting nude in a slowly revolving tub of water examining herself in a mirror as a carnival attraction that voyeurs can pay to watch. One character in this movie becomes flustered when the street peddler Jericho reads in her palm that she will marry the man she loves, while another character is kicked out of the club "The Red Breast" for defending the honor of one woman but refuses to sleep with her in her apartment at the Great Post House. In this film's second section called "The Man in White," Count Edouard wrongly accuses the actor Frédérick LeMaître of sleeping with his wife after a performance of Othello before the Count is assassinated in a Turkish bath by the villainous Lacenaire. This film is critically studied for its comparison between the Grand Theater and the Funambules pantomime theatre, and it begins on the Boulevard du Temple when the mime Baptiste first meets the courtesan Garance. For 10 points, name this 1945 film shot in Paris during the Nazi occupation that was directed by Marcel Carne and is generally critically considered to be the greatest French film ever made.
The primary female character in this film is first seen sitting nude in a slowly revolving tub of water examining herself in a mirror as a carnival attraction that voyeurs can pay to watch.
The {Children} of {Paradise} (accept {Les Enfants du Paradis})