Directed by Marc Caro Jean-Pierre Jeunet Written by Gilles Adrien   Jean-Pierre Jeunet   Marc Caro   Guillaume Laurant   Cast Ron Perlman ... One Daniel Emilfork ... Krank Judith Vittet ... Miette Dominique Pinon ... Le scaphandrier / Les clones Jean-Claude Dreyfus ... Marcello Geneviève Brunet ... La Pieuvre (as Genevieve Brunet) Odile Mallet ... La Pieuvre Mireille Mossé ... Mademoiselle Bismuth Serge Merlin ... Gabriel Marie (Cyclops Leader) Rufus ... Peeler Ticky Holgado ... Ex-Acrobat Joseph Lucien ... Denree Mapi Galán ... Lune (as Mapi Galan) Briac Barthélémy ... Bottle (as Briac Barthelemy) Pierre-Quentin Faesch ... Pipo Alexis Pivot ... Tadpole Léo Rubion ... Jeannot (as Leo Rubion) Guillaume Billod-Morel ... Child François Hadji-Lazaro ... Killer (as Francois Hadji-Lazaro) Dominique Bettenfeld ... Bogdan Lotfi Yahya Jedidi ... Melchior (as Lotfi Yahyajedidi) Thierry Gibault ... Brutus Marc Caro ... Brother Ange-Joseph Jean-Louis Trintignant ... L'oncle Irvin (voice) Ham Chau Luong ... Tattoo Artist Bezak ... Helmsman Hong Mai Thomas ... Tattoo Artist's Wife (as Thomas Hong-Mai) René Pivot ... Glazier (as Rene Pivot) Daniel Adric ... Cyclops Christophe Salengro ... Soldier Frankie Pain ... Barmaid René Marquant ... Captain (as Rene Marquant) Enrique Villanueva ... Spainard Dominique Chevalier ... Tied-Up Guard Cris Huerta ... Father (as Chris Huerta) Lorella Cravotta ... Woman at Her Window Michel Smolianoff ... Awake Tramp Éric Houzelot ... Soldier (as Eric Houzelot) Lili Cognard ... Winner Angélique Philibert ... Stripper (as Angelique Philibert) Marie Piémontèse ... Stripper (as Marie Piermontese) Antoinette Dias ... Stripper Zak Russomanno ... Stripper Djamila Bouda ... Stripper Philippe Beautier ... Double Clones Lauren Geoffroy ... Stripper Marc Amyot ... Double Clones #2 Jean-Philippe Labadie ... Double Clones Cyril Aubin ... Double Clones #4 Raphaèle Bouchard ... Miette, age (as Raphaele Bouchard) Bruno Journée ... Double Clones #5 (as Bruno Journee) Jérémie Freund ... Krank, Age 12 (as Jeremie Freund) Elisabeth Etienne ... Miette, Age 37 (as Babeth Etienne) Joris Geneste ... Krank, Age 36 Rachel Boulenger ... Miette, Age 43 Michel Motu ... Krank, Age 45 Nane Germon ... Miette, Age 82 Julie Bernard ... Child Valentin Simonet ... Child Eglantine Blanckaert ... Schoolchild Gaëtan Bouyala ... Schoolchild Mickael Bussinger ... Schoolchild Jonathan Gatinois ... Schoolchild Joshka Kaufmann ... Schoolchild Morgan Mariac ... Schoolchild Caroline Marsily ... Schoolchild Geoffroy Morange ... Schoolchild Sébastien Thaissart ... Schoolchild Charlotte Bienfait ... Baby Camille Dufeu ... Baby Robinson Fouille ... Baby Alysia Hoffeurt ... Baby Sandy Kontargyris ... Baby Andrew Laupen ... Baby Théo Madueno ... Baby Arthur Mazet ... Baby Fackry M'Saidie ... Baby Gabriel Pierre ... Baby Bérangère Pivot ... Baby Charlotte Ribaud-Chevrey ... Baby Laura Robert ... Baby Caroline Rochand ... Baby Carolane Yvan ... Baby Margot Tostivint ... Baby Buster Verbraeken ... Krank, Age 4 Uncredited Cast Mathieu Kassovitz ... Man on the Street Produced by Félicie Dutertre   María Victoria Hebrero   José Luis López   Arlette Mas   Svetlana Novak   Claudie Ossard   Elías Querejeta   François Rabes   Original Music by Angelo Badalamenti

Additional Info Premiere: May 17, 1995 Theatrical Release: December 15, 1995 DVD Release: October 19, 1999 Blu-ray Release: November 17, 2015 Countries: Distributor: Sony Home Entertainment Websites: Alternate Titles La Cité Des Enfants Perdus Lost Children Production Companies Constellation (co-production) Lumière Pictures (co-production) Le Studio Canal+ (co-production) France 3 Cinéma (co-production) Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) (participation) Cofimage 4 (participation) Cofimage 5 (participation) Studio Image Canal (participation) Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep) (support) Elías Querejeta Producciones Cinematográficas S.L. (european co-production) Tele München Fernseh Produktionsgesellschaft (TMG) (european co-production) Fonds Eurimages du Conseil de l'Europe (support) Club d'Investissement Média (in collaboration with) MEDIA Programme of the European Union (in collaboration with) Distributors Sony Pictures Classics   (1995) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2015) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.5 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #2,053 / 20,886 Site Ranking #2,049 Insidious: The Last Key (2018) #2,050 Chappelle's Show: Season 3 (2006) #2,051 Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) #2,052 Chappelle's Show: Season 1 (2003) #2,053 The City Of Lost Children (1995) #2,054 Don't Breathe 2 (2021) #2,055 Beerfest (2006) #2,056 Urban Legend (1998) #2,057 Peppermint (2018)