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.

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

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)