Napoleon III, the Commune, the third Republic in the background. In the foreground, two pretty, talented sisters, Virginie and Pauline Cardinal. They are ballerinas at the Opera de Paris and very much courted by wealthy, elegant men. They will manage to climb in the society of their time, despite parents set on respectability but also attracted by money.
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Saturnin Fabre
Horace Cardinal
Véra Norman
Virginie Cardinal
Denise Grey
Mrs. Cardinal
Jacques Castelot
The Baron of Glaïeuls
Claude Nicot
Gaspard
Sophie Leclair
Pauline Cardinal
Jacques Meyran
Giuseppe Chamborini, singing master
Henri Niel
The concierge
Jacqueline Noëlle
Anais, a dancer
Paul Azaïs
The stage manager
Jean Tissier
Marquis Alberto de Cavalcanti
Jacques Beauvais
The coachman (uncredited)
Gérard Buhr
(uncredited)
Jacqueline Guelis
(uncredited)
René Hell
The Bonapartist (uncredited)
