Movie: Paris Was a Woman

Top 10 Billed Cast

Juliet Stevenson
Juliet Stevenson

Narrator (voice)

Shari Benstock
Shari Benstock

Self

Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein

Self (archive footage)

Alice B. Toklas
Alice B. Toklas

Self (archive footage)

Janet Flanner
Janet Flanner

Self (archive footage)

Samuel Steward
Samuel Steward

Self (archive footage)

Marie Laurencin
Marie Laurencin

Self (archive footage)

Sylvia Beach
Sylvia Beach

Self (archive footage)

Adrienne Monnier
Adrienne Monnier

Self (archive footage)

Gisèle Freund
Gisèle Freund

Self

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1996-02-19

  • Average

    5.9

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
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  • Languages:

    English
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