In 1860s France, a couple who have recently acquired a dilapidated country house in Vendôme discover within it the secret of a passionate love affaire that once took a macabre and sadly turn. it all began 50 years previously, when the wealthy landowner Gérard de Clergue fell madly in love with the beautiful young dancer Clara Biondi. In the course of the ensuing romance, Gérard remains blissfully ignorant of the fact that Clara had a previous lover, James de Poulay...
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Cast
Pierre Blanchar
Gérard de Clergue
Micheline Presle
Clara Biondi
Julien Bertheau
James de Poulay
Robert Vattier
Gontran des Tournelles
Geneviève Morel
Rosalie, young
Henri Coutet
Casimir / Xavier
Georges Douking
Father Biondi
Jean Périer
Prince Talleyrand
Maria Froment
The nun
Charlotte Ecard
Amélie, Clara's dresser
Maurice Schutz
The father of the notary
Edmond Beauchamp
Gardel
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