
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 hereabouts...

as Count Mario de Miranda

as Captain Bitterlin

as Madeleine Bitterlin

as Monsieur Leprince

as Aurélia

as Colonel Flosh

as Stutterer traveler in the train

as Taciturn traveler in the train

as Marseille hotelier

as Swimming instructor

as Agathe

as Silvergot Publisher

as Hélène Leprince

as Bistrokeeper (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as Colonel Arbiter of the Duel (uncredited)