The Josephine Baker Story

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

Drama History Music

Lynn Whitfield

(Josephine Baker)

Rubén Blades

(Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino)

David Dukes

(Jo Bouillon)

Louis Gossett Jr.

(Sidney Williams)

Craig T. Nelson

(Walter Winchell)

Kene Holliday

(Sidney Bechet)

Vivian Bonnell

(Josephine's Mother)

Mayah McCoy

(Josephine - Age 8)

Ainslie Currie

(Josephine - Age 13)

Pierre Magny

(Paul Colin)

Franco Britt

(Victor)

George Faison

(Emcee in Harlem Club / Male Singer)

Robert Lesser

(Copa City Manager)

Luis Reyes

(Josephine's Father)

Vivienne Eytle

(Josephine's Sister)

Eartha Robinson

(Female Singer / Dancer)

Paula Brown

(Amateur Female Singer / Dancer)

Ann Harrington

(Cruel Woman)

Zoltán Gera

(Folies Bergeres Producer)

Gábor Csíkos

(French Cab Driver)

Noel Weekes Jr.

(Soldier from St. Louis)

Kertész Péter

(Casablanca Doctor)

Gregory Orr

(New York Hotel Manager)

János Gosztonyi

(Bobino Theatre Manager)

Tibor Kenderesi

(Priest)

Steven R. McGlothen

(American Reporter in Press Conference)

Richard Rothenstein

(American Reporter in Press Conference)

Sherry Baumgart

(American Reporter in Press Conference)

Debbie Javor

(American Woman at Party)

Angelus Iván

(Dance Teacher)

András Márton

(Pepito's Doctor)

Dean Tschetter

(New York Critic)

Richard Battagna

(White Racist)

Gábor Ferenczi

(Reporter at Stork Club)

András Monory Mész

(Reporter at Stork Club)

Jimmy Smith

(Bell Boy)

Laszlo Dozsa Jr.

(Stork Club Waiter)

Fajer Khaled

(Casablanca Nurse)

János Vészi

(Lover in New York)

Attila Lőte

(Court Official)