Paris in the Belle Epoque

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

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Werner Bokelberg

as Self - Photographer and Collector

Maria Morris Hambourg

as Self - The Met Curator

André Jammes

as Self - Art Historian

Pierre Pelegry

as Self - Maxim's Restaurant Director

André Gunthert

as Self - Visual Arts Historian

Émile Zola

as Self - Writer (archive footage)

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