A young intellectual, Hugo, joins the Communist Party out of a sense of idealism, only to see his principles manipulated by party leaders. He is given the assignment of killing Professor Hoederer, a party deviationist. However, he grows to admire the man and begins to have doubts about morals and revolutionary politics. But jealousy - Hugo thinks Hoederer has made love to his wife, Jessica - takes matters out of the political realm.
as Hoederer
as Hugo
as Olga
as le prince
as Banine
as Jessica Barine
as Karski
as Slick
as Georges
as Louis
as Léon
as Guillaume
as Presder
as Dimitri
as Laurent
as (uncredited)
as Le greffier (uncredited)
