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The Josephine Baker Story

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Calorie Rating: 183
Released: 1991-03-16
Running Time: 130 Minutes
Studios: HBO Films,


Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920s and 1930s. The film follows her life beginning as a struggling performer in 1917 St. Louis, her frustrations leading to her move to France, and follows to her death in 1975. Written by John Sacksteder

Director / Directors



Cast

Lynn Whitfield
Character: Josephine Baker
Rubén Blades
Character: Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino
David Dukes
Character: Jo Bouillon

Louis Gossett Jr.
Character: Sidney Williams
Craig T. Nelson
Character: Walter Winchell
Kene Holliday
Character: Sidney Bechet

Vivian Bonnell
Character: Josephine's Mother
Mayah McCoy
Character: Josephine - Age 8
Ainslie Currie
Character: Josephine - Age 13

Pierre Magny
Character: Paul Colin
Franco Britt
Character: Victor
George Faison
Character: Emcee in Harlem Club / Male Singer

Robert Lesser
Character: Copa City Manager
Luis Reyes
Character: Josephine's Father
Vivienne Eytle
Character: Josephine's Sister

Eartha Robinson
Character: Female Singer / Dancer
Paula Brown
Character: Amateur Female Singer / Dancer
Ann Harrington
Character: Cruel Woman

Zoltán Gera
Character: Folies Bergeres Producer
Gábor Csíkos
Character: French Cab Driver
Noel Weekes Jr.
Character: Soldier from St. Louis

Kertész Péter
Character: Casablanca Doctor
Gregory Orr
Character: New York Hotel Manager
János Gosztonyi
Character: Bobino Theatre Manager

Tibor Kenderesi
Character: Priest
Steven R. McGlothen
Character: American Reporter in Press Conference
Richard Rothenstein
Character: American Reporter in Press Conference

Sherry Baumgart
Character: American Reporter in Press Conference
Debbie Javor
Character: American Woman at Party
Angelus Iván
Character: Dance Teacher

András Márton
Character: Pepito's Doctor
Dean Tschetter
Character: New York Critic
Richard Battagna
Character: White Racist

Gábor Ferenczi
Character: Reporter at Stork Club
András Monory Mész
Character: Reporter at Stork Club
Jimmy Smith
Character: Bell Boy

Laszlo Dozsa Jr.
Character: Stork Club Waiter
Fajer Khaled
Character: Casablanca Nurse
János Vészi
Character: Lover in New York

Attila Lőte
Character: Court Official


Production and Crew


David Puttnam
Executive Producer
Robert Halmi Jr.
Executive Producer
John Kemeny
Producer

Elemér Ragályi
Director of Photography
Alisa Taylor
Associate Producer

Robert Halmi Sr.
Executive Producer
Kálmán Balogh
Local Casting
Madeleine Henrié
Associate Producer

Georges Delerue
Original Music Composer
Maria Hruby
Costume Design

József Romvári
Production Design
Györgyi Vidák
Costume Design