In 19th-century France, middle-aged orphans Gasparre and Battista, watchmen at an orphanage, find out from a soothsayer that one of them is the offspring of the Hangman of Paris and the other is the son of a count. But it is only a dream of theirs.
as Gasparre
as Battista
as Matilde
as Il duca Filippo
as Signor Deval
as Susanne de la Pleine
as La direttrice dell'orfanotrofio
as Il giudice
as Madame Therese
as Il boia di Parigi
as Giorgio
as Maggiordomo (uncredited)
as Un ufficiale (uncredited)
as Abate Faria (uncredited)
