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Albert Lamorisse’s second and final foray into narrative feature filmmaking is a whimsical visual enchantment and an elegant and eccentric comedy. In it, a daring young thief (Philippe Avron)—having been affixed with a pair of wings in order to become a flying circus attraction—finds himself mistaken for an angel, spreading both mischief and goodwill as he travels across the countryside. Lamorisse’s love of flight and his gentle humanism shine through in this work of impish charm and exuberant inspiration. (Criterion)
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Philippe Avron
France
Best movies:
Circus Angel (1965)
Birds, Orphans and Fools (1969)
Idiot in Paris (1967)
Mireille Nègre
France
Best movies:
Circus Angel (1965)
Henri Lambert
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Rookies Run Amok (1971)
Circus Angel (1965)
Michel de Ré
France
Best movies:
Sundays and Cybele (1962)
The Lacemaker (1977)
Circus Angel (1965)
Martine Sarcey
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
The Creation of the World (1957)
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (1975) (series)
Raoul Delfosse
France
Best movies:
Charade (1963)
The Sicilian Clan (1969)
The Brain (1969)
Michel Nastorg
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
The President (1961)
Raymonde Vattier
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to? (1973)
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
Paule Noëlle
France
Best movies:
Circus Angel (1965)
Charles Moulin
France
Best movies:
The Confession (1970)
Circus Angel (1965)
Napoleon (1955)
Jeanne Pérez
France
Best movies:
Army of Shadows (1969)
The Cousins (1959)
Le Beau Serge (1958)
Pierre Repp
France
Best movies:
The 400 Blows (1959)
Circus Angel (1965)
The Tattoo (1968)
Pierre Collet
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
Fantomas (1964)
The Common Man (1975)
Michel Thomass
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Le Magnifique (1973)
Witness in the City (1959)
Charade (1963)
Georges Guéret
Best movies:
Circus Angel (1965)
Borsalino (1970)
Distracted (1970)
Dominique Zardi
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
Two Men in Town (1973)
Fantomas (1964)
Max Montavon
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1982)
Fantomas Strikes Back (1965)
The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
Roger Trapp
France
Best movies:
Charade (1963)
Sundays and Cybele (1962)
To Die of Love (1971)
Jean-Jacques Steen
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Witness in the City (1959)
The Seventh Company Outdoors (1977)
Jacques Ramade
France
Best movies:
How to Steal a Million (1966)
The Common Man (1975)
Circus Angel (1965)