In a surrealistic and bizarre society, children have been abducted by a mad and evil scientist, Krank, who wants to steal their dreams and stop and reverse his accelerated aging process. When the gang of Cyclops kidnap Denree , the little brother of the former whale hunter One, he is helped by the young street orphan girl Miette, who steals for the Siamese Pieuvre, to reach the platform where Krank leaves with his cloned dwarf wife Mademoiselle Bismuth, his six cloned sons and a brain, and rescue the children.

La cité des enfants perdus (1995)
  • Rating: (34,235 votes)
  • Taglines:Where happily ever after is just a dream. » Some people follow their dreams. Others steal them. »
  • Runtime:112 minutes
  • Directors: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  • Countries:France, Germany, Spain
  • Actors:
    One
    Ron Perlman
    Krank
    Daniel Emilfork
    Miette
    Judith Vittet
    le scaphandrier / les clones
    Dominique Pinon
    Marcello
    Jean-Claude Dreyfus
    la Pieuvre
    Geneviève Brunet
    la Pieuvre
    Odile Mallet
    Mademoiselle Bismuth
    Mireille Mossé
    Gabriel Marie (Cyclops Leader)
    Serge Merlin
    Peeler
    Rufus
  • Genres:Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
  • Producers:
    Félicie Dutertre
    producer  
    María Victoria Hebrero
    producer  
    José Luis Lopez
    producer  
    Arlette Mas
    producer  
    Svetlana Novak
    assistant producer  
    Claudie Ossard
    producer  
    Elías Querejeta
    co-producer  
    François Rabes
    producer  
  • Plots: Krank (Daniel Emilfork), who cannot dream, kidnaps young children to steal their dreams. One (Ron Perlman), a former whale hunter who is as strong as a horse, sets forth to search for Denree, his little brother who was kidnapped by Krank's men. Helped by young Miette (Judith Vittet), he soon arrives in La Cite des Enfants Perdus (The City of Lost Children). Written by Marie-Andree Poisson
La cité des enfants perdus
  • User's comment:My all time favorite by presence

    The City of Lost Children is my all time favorite movie. It is unlike anything I've ever seen or experienced before. It's a movie that I hold dear to my heart and will never forget. I have to be honest though, the first time I saw this movie, I really didn't like it at all. The story was too confusing, and the characters were extremely weird and twisted. After watching it a second and third time, however, I understood what was going on more, and could spend more time looking at the visuals rather than the subtitles. Speaking of visuals, this movie has it in spades. The environment that Jean-Pierre Jeunet created is out of this world. The city is very dark and the water looks as if there are secrets hidden within. The mood the soundtrack sets is perfect for the scenery and the superb acting by everybody (including the kids) just adds to the greatness of this flick. I highly recommend this movie, it's one of those movies that you will never forget watching, and the images will stay in your head for a very long time. A beautiful, beautiful, movie. 10/10


  • Quotes: Clone: C'est moi l'original! C'est moi! Clone: Does it hurt? Mlle. Bismuth: Yes, I'm allergic to steel.
  • Also known as: The City of Lost Children (International - imdb display title, English title), The City of Lost Children (UK), The City of Lost Children (USA), La ciudad de los niños perdidos (Mexico - imdb display title), La ciudad de los niños perdidos (Spain), Город потерянных детей (Russia), A Cidade das Crianças Perdidas (Portugal), De förlorade barnens stad (Sweden), De fortabte børns by (Denmark), De fortapte barns by (Norway), Die Stadt der verlorenen Kinder (Germany), Elveszett gyermekek városa (Hungary), Grad izgubljene dece (Serbia), I poli ton hamenon paidion (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), Kadonneiden lasten kaupunki (Finland), Kayip çocuklar sehri (Turkey - Turkish title), La città dei bambini perduti (Italy), La città perduta (Italy - video title), La ciutat dels nens perduts (Spain - TV title, Catalan title), Ladrão de Sonhos (Brazil), Mesto izgubljenih otrok (Slovenia), Miasto zaginionych dzieci (Poland),

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