
A rich girl is in love with her father-in-law 's librarian. The wealthy man wants her to marry a military man but she's not prepared to accept it. She rebels and marries the poor guy. This young man has a cousin, who seems secretly in love with him but in fact we 'll never know what she feels. This mysterious sad woman, always dressed in black, gives her relative a strange box which seems to be a bad luck charm. The hand of fate seems on the newlyweds now:the husband involuntarily causes a car crash: his wife is killed.
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Cast

Serge Reggiani
Jean Ménétrier

Andrée Clément
Françoise

Pierre Renoir
Monsieur Bardolas

Sylvie
Amélie

Jean Parédès
Montboron

Pierre Sergeol
Poncet, insurer

Maurice Schutz
Old peasant

Louis Florencie
Pierre Calmiran, insurer

Robert Le Béal
Gérard Tibur

Guy Favières
Françoise's father

Marcel Vibert
Doctor
Suzanne Bara
Bardolas' secretary
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