Scherzo à la russe (Stravinsky) | ''Scherzo à la russe'' | L'avant-garde russe | Helene Kirsova stars in the De Basil Ballet Russe ''Petrouchka |
Gathering a talented pan-European cast, the film is set in a very rich and interesting Belle Époque, it deals with a lot of real historical plots and characters like the scandal of the Russian Loan, the Triple Entente, the birth of modern profiling and crime-fighting police techniques, the rivalry between the PP (Parisian Prefecture Police Units) and the Brigades of Clemenceau, the birth of Socialism and famous Anarchist Movements.