Paris Was a Woman

Greta Schiller
1996-02-19


5.9
75 min

Women (many of them lesbian) artists, writers, photographers, designers, and adventurers settled in Paris between the wars. They embraced France, some developed an ex-pat culture, and most cherished a way of life quite different than the one left behind.

Cast

Name Character Team
Juliet Stevenson Narrator (voice) Unowned
Shari Benstock Self Unowned
Gertrude Stein Self (archive footage) Unowned
Alice B. Toklas Self (archive footage) Unowned
Janet Flanner Self (archive footage) Unowned
Samuel Steward Self (archive footage) Unowned
Marie Laurencin Self (archive footage) Unowned
Sylvia Beach Self (archive footage) Unowned
Adrienne Monnier Self (archive footage) Unowned
Gisèle Freund Self Unowned
Jean Bernard Self (archive footage) Unowned
Solita Solano Self (archive footage) Unowned
Josephine Baker Self (archive footage) Unowned
Paul Valéry Self (archive footage) Unowned
Natalie Clifford Barney Self (archive footage) Unowned
Berthe Cleyrerque Self Unowned
Colette Self (archive footage) Unowned
Romaine Brooks Self (archive footage) Unowned
Djuna Barnes Self (archive footage) Unowned
Thelma Wood Self (archive footage) Unowned
Catherine R. Stimpson Self Unowned
Pablo Picasso Self (archive footage) Unowned
James Joyce Self (archive footage) Unowned