Paris Was a Woman
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Greta Schiller
Gisele Freund
Berthe Cleyrergue
Juliet Stevenson
Shari Benstock
Sam Steward
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A film portrait of the exciting and extraordinary community of women writers, artists, photographers and editors who flocked to the Left Bank of Paris during the first half of this century, when the "City of Lights" was the world's undisputed cultural capital. Utilizing groundbreaking research, newly discovered home movies and other visual sources, and intimate storytelling intertwining interview with anecdote, "Paris Was a Woman" recreates the mood and flavor of this artistic haven at the height of its magic. Authors Colette, Djuna Barnes and Gertrude Stein; painters Romaine Brooks and Marie Laurencin; photographers Bernice Abbott and Gisele Freund; publishers and booksellers Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier; and journalist Janet Flanner all figure in this legendary milieu.
Director
Greta Schiller
Cast
Gisele Freund
Berthe Cleyrergue
Juliet Stevenson
Shari Benstock
Sam Steward
Catharine R Stimpson
Crew
Nurith Aviv
Nurith Aviv
Ronald Bailey
Shari Benstock
Frances Berrigan
Frances Berrigan
Berthe Cleyrergue
Gisele Freund
Dominique Green
Bjoern Knoll
Caroline Levy
Al Livecchi
Janette Mason
Anna Mischon
Jennifer Romine
Greta Schiller
Greta Schiller
Greta Schiller
Greta Schiller
Kallis Shamaris
Sam Steward
Catharine R Stimpson
Melissa Cahill Tonelli
Renato Tonelli
Renato Tonelli
Andrea Weiss
Andrea Weiss
Andrea Weiss
Fawn Yacker
Fawn Yacker
Barbara Zahm
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States Fall November 8, 1996
Released in United States January 11, 1997
Released in United States January 1998
Released in United States November 1995
Released in United States October 1996
Released in United States on Video July 29, 2003
Shown at American Film Market (AFM) in Los Angeles February 29 - March 8, 1996.
Shown at Boston International Festival of Women's Cinema April 26 - May 5, 1996.
Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Truth Is Stranger...) East Hampton, New York October 16-20, 1996.
Shown at London Film Festival November 2-19, 1995.
Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California January 8-19, 1998.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1996.
Began shooting 1993.
Completed shooting January 1995.
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at American Film Market (AFM) in Los Angeles February 29 - March 8, 1996.)
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at Boston International Festival of Women's Cinema April 26 - May 5, 1996.)
Released in United States January 1998 (Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California January 8-19, 1998.)
Released in United States January 11, 1997 (Laemmle's Sunset 5; Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video July 29, 2003
Released in United States October 1996 (Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Truth Is Stranger...) East Hampton, New York October 16-20, 1996.)
Released in United States October 1996 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1996.)
Released in United States November 1995 (Shown at London Film Festival November 2-19, 1995.)
Released in United States Fall November 8, 1996
