During the filming of Les enfants du paradis (1945) in German-occupied France, the film's emblematic protagonist, Arletty, finds herself falling for a young German soldier. Can the dazzling allure of a guilty passion blind a woman in love?

Paris lives under the control of German occupation. While filming "The Children of Paradise," unconventional actress Arletty continues to live according to her desires. While she maintains a relationship with the controversial Antoinette, a member of the Resistance, she falls in love with a young German officer, Hans Jürgen. The actress preaches women's freedom.—Elizabeth Kahl

In the heart of history's darkest period during the occupation of France by the Germans, pro-German collaborators and covert members of the French Resistance work side by side for the completion of the monumental, Les enfants du paradis (1945). Arletty, an unconventional actress and the film's emblematic protagonist who lives by her own rules, finds herself falling for the young German soldier, Hans Jürgen Soehring, in occupied Paris--and against all odds--she will continue to defend her reckless choice. Can the dazzling allure of a guilty passion blind a woman in love?—Nick Riganas