"Before Madonna. Before Marilyn. There was Josephine."
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
Josephine Baker

Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino

Jo Bouillon

Sidney Williams

Walter Winchell

Sidney Bechet

Josephine's Mother

Josephine - Age 8
Josephine - Age 13
Paul Colin
Victor
Emcee in Harlem Club / Male Singer
Copa City Manager

Josephine's Father
Josephine's Sister
Female Singer / Dancer

Amateur Female Singer / Dancer
Cruel Woman
Folies Bergeres Producer

French Cab Driver
Soldier from St. Louis
Casablanca Doctor

New York Hotel Manager
Bobino Theatre Manager
Priest
American Reporter in Press Conference
American Reporter in Press Conference
American Reporter in Press Conference
American Woman at Party

Dance Teacher
Pepito's Doctor

New York Critic
White Racist
Reporter at Stork Club

Reporter at Stork Club
Bell Boy

Stork Club Waiter
Casablanca Nurse
Lover in New York
Court Official
