France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents' lives causes Louise's blindness, they decide to travel to Paris in search of a cure, but they separate when a lustful aristocrat crosses their path.
as Henriette Girard
as Louise Girard
as Chevalier de Vaudrey
as Picard
as Danton
as Robespierre
as Mother Frochard
as Jacques Frochard
as Pierre
as Marquis de Praille
as Count de Linieres
as Jacques-Forget-Not
as Countess de Linieres
as A Starving Peasant (uncredited)
as Executioner (uncredited)
as Henriette's Landlady (uncredited)
as King Louis XVI (uncredited)
as Sister Geneviève (uncredited)
as The Doctor (uncredited)
as The Chevalier - as a Boy
as Meat Carver at Festival
as Dancer (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Henriette as a Child (uncredited)
as Louise as a child (uncredited)
