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An Opera for an Empire

10.020211h 30mMovieDocumentaryHistory

The amazing and epic story of how the Paris Opera House, the Palais Garnier, was built from 1852 to 1870, thanks to the decisive impulse of the French Emperor Napoleon III; a story that is also that of the birth of a golden age for…

DirectorPatrick Cabouat
WritersStéphane Landowski·Patrick Cabouat

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Cast · Directed by Patrick Cabouat

MSMicky Sébastian
Micky Sébastian
Narrator (voice over)

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