Louise Brooks

55-Minute BBC Arena documentary on the film actress Louise Brooks

Cast

Louise Brooks

as Herself (Archival Footage)

Linda Hunt

as Narrator

Kevin Brownlow

as Self

Marc Sorkin

as Self

Lothar Wolff

as Self

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