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.
as Horace Cardinal
as Virginie Cardinal
as Mrs. Cardinal
as The Baron of Glaïeuls
as Gaspard
as Pauline Cardinal
as Giuseppe Chamborini, singing master
as The concierge
as Anais, a dancer
as The stage manager
as Marquis Alberto de Cavalcanti
as The coachman (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as The Bonapartist (uncredited)
as Jacquelin (uncredited)
as The Gendarme (uncredited)
as The porter (uncredited)
as The diva (uncredited)
as The shopkeeper (uncredited)
