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 and Crew
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)
Colette
Self (archive footage)
Georges Courteline
Self (archive footage)
Francis de Croisset
Self (archive footage)
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Self (archive footage)
Paul de Cassagnac
Self - Journalist and politician (archive footage)
Wilhelmine de Hollande
Self (archive footage)
Édouard de Max
Self (archive footage)
Cléo de Mérode
Self - Dancer and model (archive footage)
Théophile Delcassé
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Gabrielle Dorziat
Self (archive footage)
Dranem
Self (archive footage)
Paul Déroulède
Self - Author and political activist (archive footage)
Armand Fallières
Self (archive footage)
Félix Galipaux
Self (archive footage)
Charles-Henri-Célestin Gibier
Self - Bishop of Versailles (archive footage)
André Gide
Self (archive footage)
Lucien Guitry
Self (archive footage)
Firmin Gémier
Self (archive footage)
Jean Jaurès
Self (archive footage)
Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany
Self (archive footage)
King Alfonso XIII of Spain
Self (archive footage)
Aristide Maillol
Self (archive footage)
Marie Marlin-Poirier
Self - Queen of queens Paris 1901 (archive footage)
