“Paris Police 1900” – Yesterday and Today [TELEVISION REVIEW]
Corruption, murder, right wing fanatics, anarchists, sex, blackmail. As the French would say, “délicieux.” 1900, thought of as the Belle Epoque, all fashion, society, wealth, art, and music, was anything but beautiful. The members of the Haute Sociétée were also members of groups promoting ultra right wing causes, government overthrow, and price fixing. President Félix Faure has just died, but before he died he went to “heaven” with his mistress, Marguerite Steinheil, on her knees. Hubert Delattre as Jules Guérin and his Butchers in “Paris Police 1900.” Photo courtesy of MHz Choice. The streets are alive with talk of insurrection with the radical right wing plotting against their enemies and fomenting riots against supporters of Alfred Dreyfus who’s about to get a retrial in the city. The air is crackling with anti-Semitism, rivaling the movement that will spring up in Germany in a couple of decades. The Guerin family, mother, son Louis, and alpha son Jules, lead the pack with their newspaper called The Anti-Semite (no subtlety there), supported by the butchers’ union, a group of thugs known for their carving skills on both animals and humans.The police department is in a shambles…
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