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.
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)
