The scene is set during the Second Empire. Captain Bitterlin watches jealously over his lovely daughter Madeleine but he cannot prevent nature from demanding its rights and Madeleine soon finds herself a suitor in the person of Mario, a dashing young songwriter. Bitterlin, who wishes his daughter to "evade the grip" of the young man, takes her away to Monte Carlo. There, the captain does what he had sworn he would never do, he gambles in a casino. And even more upsetting: Mario might well be her...
Top Cast
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Georges GuétaryCount Mario de Miranda
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André AlermeCaptain Bitterlin
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Martine CarolMadeleine Bitterlin
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Jean ParédèsMonsieur Leprince
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Gisèle PrévilleAurélia
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Félix OudartColonel Flosh
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Albert MichelStutterer traveler in the train
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Charles LemontierTaciturn traveler in the train
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Robert BalpoMarseille hotelier
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Pierre LabrySwimming instructor
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Jeanne Fusier-GirAgathe
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Fred PasqualiSilvergot Publisher
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Michèle PhilippeHélène Leprince
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Frédéric MariottiBistrokeeper (uncredited)
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Colette Ripert(uncredited)
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Roger VincentColonel Arbiter of the Duel (uncredited)