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Status
Released
Release
1948
Runtime
1h 20m
Nicole Védrès' chronicle of Paris from 1900 to 1914 is brought to life through the use of original material, all authentic, secured from more then 700 films belonging to public and private collections. A few of the celebrities of the time shown are Enrico Caruso, Sarah Bernhardt, and Maurice Chevalier.
77 Cast Members
Claude Dauphin
Narrator
Guillaume Apollinaire
Self (archive footage)
René Alexandre
Self (archive footage)
Régina Badet
Self - Actress and dancer (archive footage)
Maurice Barrès
Self (archive footage)
Julia Bartet
Self (archive footage)
Sarah Bernhardt
Self (archive footage)
Henry Bataille
Self (archive footage)
Louis Blériot
Self (archive footage)
Alice Bonheur
Self - Singer and actress (archive footage)
Jean Bouin
Self (archive footage)
Berthe Bovy
Self (archive footage)
Aristide Briand
Self (archive footage)
André Brulé
Self (archive footage)
Marcel Cachin
Self (archive footage)
Andrew Carnegie
Self (archive footage)
Georges Carpentier
Self (archive footage)
Gustave Charpentier
Self (archive footage)
Maurice Chevalier
Self (archive footage)
Buffalo Bill Cody
Self (archive footage)
