
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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Cast

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)
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