Overview
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.
Cast
- Claude Dauphin as Narrator
- Guillaume Apollinaire as Self (archive footage)
- René Alexandre as Self (archive footage)
- Régina Badet as Self - Actress and dancer (archive footage)
- Maurice Barrès as Self (archive footage)
- Julia Bartet as Self (archive footage)
- Sarah Bernhardt as Self (archive footage)
- Henry Bataille as Self (archive footage)
- Louis Blériot as Self (archive footage)
- Alice Bonheur as Self - Singer and actress (archive footage)