Paris in the Belle Epoque

Movie Overview

The Bokelberg photographic collection brings to life the Paris of the Belle Époque (1871-1914), an exhibition of workshops and stores with extremely beautiful shop windows before which the owners and their employees proudly pose, hiding behind their eyes the secret history of a great era.

Cast

Max Raabe

Self - Narrator (voice)

Werner Bokelberg

Self - Photographer and Collector

Maria Morris Hambourg

Self - The Met Curator

André Jammes

Self - Art Historian

Pierre Pelegry

Self - Maxim's Restaurant Director

André Gunthert

Self - Visual Arts Historian

Émile Zola

Self - Writer (archive footage)