Directed by
| Nicole Védrès | ||
Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
| Pierre Braunberger | ... | (idea) |
| Nicole Védrès | ||
Cast (in credits order)
| Claude Dauphin | ... | Récitant / Narrator (French version) (voice) | |
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| René Alexandre | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Guillaume Apollinaire | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Régina Badet | ... | Self - actrice et danseuse (archive footage) |
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Maurice Barrès | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Julia Bartet | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Henry Bataille | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Sarah Bernhardt | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Louis Blériot | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Alice Bonheur | ... | Self - chanteuse et actrice (archive footage) |
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Jean Bouin | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Berthe Bovy | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Aristide Briand | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| André Brulé | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Marcel Cachin | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Andrew Carnegie | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Georges Carpentier | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Gustave Charpentier | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Maurice Chevalier | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Buffalo Bill Cody | ... | Self (archive footage) (as William F. Cody) | |
| Colette | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Georges Courteline | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Crown Prince Hohenzollern | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia) | |
| Gabriele D'Annunzio | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Paul de Cassagnac | ... | Self - journaliste et homme politique (archive footage) |
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Francis de Croisset | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Wilhelmine de Hollande | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Édouard de Max | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Cléo de Mérode | ... | Self - danseuse et modèle (archive footage) |
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Théophile Delcassé | ... | Self - homme politique (archive footage) |
| Gabrielle Dorziat | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Dranem | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Paul Déroulède | ... | Self - auteur et militant politique (archive footage) |
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Armand Fallières | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Félix Galipaux | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Charles-Henri-Célestin Gibier | ... | Self - évêque de Versailles (archive footage) |
| André Gide | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Lucien Guitry | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Firmin Gémier | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Jean Jeaurès | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Emperor Wilhelm II) | |
| King Alfonso XIII | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Aristide Maillol | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Marie Marlin-Poirier | ... | Self - reine des reines de Paris 1901 (archive footage) |
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Charles Maurras | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Nellie Melba | ... | Self - Former Australian opera singer (archive footage) |
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Arthur Meyer | ... | Self - patron de presse et écrivain (archive footage) |
| Mistinguett | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Claude Monet | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Montéhus | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Paul Mounet | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Jean Mounet-Sully | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Carolina Otero | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Gaston Ouvrard | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Emmeline Pankhurst | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Charles Pathé | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Raymond Poincaré | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Polaire | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Marcelle Praince | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Marcel Prévost | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Auguste Renoir) |
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Gaston Rivierre | ... | Self - coureur cycliste (archive footage) |
| Gabrielle Robinne | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Auguste Rodin | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Madeleine Roques | ... | Self - actrice de la Comédie-Française (archive footage) |
| Gabrielle Réjane | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Camille Saint-Saëns | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Sem | ... | Self - caricaturiste (archive footage) |
| Eugene Silvain | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Cécile Sorel | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Lev Tolstoy | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Leo Tolstoy) | |
| Tsar Nicholas II | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Duchesse d' Uzès | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Paul Valéry | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Pierre Veber | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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René Viviani | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Monty Woolley | ... | Narrator, US version (voice) | |
| Ferdinand Zecca | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Produced by
| Pierre Braunberger | ... | executive producer |
| Edward Kingsley | ... | producer (US version) |
| Arthur Mayer | ... | producer (US version) |
Music by
| Guy Bernard | ||
Editing by
| Yannick Bellon | ||
| Myriam Borsoutsky | ... | (as Myriam) |
Production Management
| Claude Hauser | ... | production supervisor |
| Alain Resnais | ... | assistant production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Alain Resnais | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Jacques Carrère | ... | sound engineer (uncredited) |
Editorial Department
| Yannick Bellon | ... | assistant editor |
Additional Crew
| John Mason Brown | ... | script (US version) |
| Jacques Damiot | ... | consultant |
| Sacha Guitry | ... | consultant |
| Edward Kingsley | ... | producer, US version |
| Henri Langlois | ... | consultant |
| Arthur Mayer | ... | producer, US version |
| Raymond Peynet | ... | poster designer |
| Alain Resnais | ... | researcher (uncredited) |
