Paris Was a Woman
5.9
75 minutes
2/19/1996
Overview
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 List
Juliet Stevenson
as Narrator (voice)
Shari Benstock
as Self
Gertrude Stein
as Self (archive footage)
Alice B. Toklas
as Self (archive footage)
Janet Flanner
as Self (archive footage)
Samuel Steward
as Self (archive footage)
Marie Laurencin
as Self (archive footage)
Sylvia Beach
as Self (archive footage)
Adrienne Monnier
as Self (archive footage)
Gisèle Freund
as Self
Jean Bernard
as Self (archive footage)
Solita Solano
as Self (archive footage)
Josephine Baker
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Valéry
as Self (archive footage)
Natalie Clifford Barney
as Self (archive footage)
Berthe Cleyrerque
as Self
Colette
as Self (archive footage)
Romaine Brooks
as Self (archive footage)
Djuna Barnes
as Self (archive footage)
Thelma Wood
as Self (archive footage)
Catherine R. Stimpson
as Self
Pablo Picasso
as Self (archive footage)
James Joyce
as Self (archive footage)