With family connections to some famous French artists, writers, and musicians of the time, Sacha Guitry decided to film the individuals in action, to celebrate the greatness of his culture, threatened by Germany in the ongoing Great War.

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André Antoine

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Sarah Bernhardt

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Edgar Degas

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Anatole France

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Lucien Guitry

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Octave Mirbeau

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Claude Monet

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Auguste Renoir

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Henri-Robert

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Auguste Rodin

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Edmond Rostand

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Camille Saint-Saëns

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