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)
