L'enfant de Paris

France

1913

100 Min

Black and White

1.33:1

Silent

Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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CAST Léonce Perret, Louis Leubas, Maurice Lagrenée, Émile Keppens, Marc Gérard, Henri Duval, Marie Dorly, Suzanne Le Bret, Jeanne Marie-Laurent, Adrien Petit, Suzanne Privat

The story centers around a young girl who suffers the loss of both parents. Coming from a family of means, the little girl is sent to an exclusive, but strict, boarding school. After a few unhappy experiences at the school, the girl escapes, only to land in the care of a dangerous thief and a drunken cobbler. A young hunchback who works for the cobbler (young Bosco) befriends the little girl and shows her some much-needed compassion. With amazing delicacy, the story begins to focus as much on Bosco as the little girl – two children of Paris, two outcasts. —IMDb

Director

Léonce Perret

Léonce Perret (May 13, 1880 – August 14, 1935) was a prolific and innovative French film actor, director and producer. He also worked as a stage actor and director. Often described as avant-garde for his unorthodox directing methods, Léonce Perret introduced innovative camera, lighting and film scoring techniques to French cinema.

Léonce Perret began his career as a relatively undistinguished stage actor. He was recruited to the film industry by the Gaumont Film Company. His numerous short films gained significant accolade in French cinematography. Until his emigration to the United States in 1917, he was a fixture of the Gaumont Film Company. On American soil, he produced several popular films, the most notable being Lest We Forget (N’oublions jamais) in 1918.

After returning to France, he directed the successful Koenigsmark in 1923. His film Madame Sans-Gêne (1925), starring Gloria Swanson, was the first joint Franco-American film production. In addition, Léonce Perret… read more