Drama Romance
In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, and her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.
Directed by
Max Ophüls
Written by
Annette Wademant
Paul Azaïs
Le premier cocher
Émile Genevois
Un soldat (uncredited)
Daniel Mendaille
Un passant (uncredited)
Jean Degrave
Le clubman (uncredited)
Charles Boyer
Général André de...
Jean Toulout
Le doyen du corps diplomatique (uncredited)
Lia Di Leo
Lola
Danielle Darrieux
Comtesse Louise de...
Mireille Perrey
La Nourrice
Hubert Noël
Henri de Maleville
Madeleine Barbulée
Une amie de Madame de... (uncredited)
Gérard Buhr
Le douanier (uncredited)
Charles Bayard
Un convive (uncredited)
Jean Debucourt
Monsieur Rémy
Colette Régis
La vendeuse de cierges (uncredited)
Franck Maurice
Un témoin (uncredited)
Albert Michel
Le second cocher du baron (uncredited)
Jean Galland
Monsieur de Bernac
Claire Duhamel
La demoiselle de compagnie (uncredited)
Guy Favières
Julien (uncredited)
Georges Paulais
Le premier témoin du duel (uncredited)
Robert Moor
Un diplomate (uncredited)
Jacques Josselin
Georges Vitray
Le vieux reporter (uncredited)
Jacques Beauvais
Un majordome (uncredited)
Roger Vincent
Le second témoin du duel (uncredited)
Léon Walther
L'administrateur (uncredited)
Germaine Stainval
L'ambassadrice (uncredited)
Serge Lecointe
Jérome Rémy (uncredited)
Max Mégy
Un domestique (uncredited)
Léon Pauléon
Un huissier (uncredited)
Louis Saintève
Un passant (uncredited)
Michel Salina
Un témoin (uncredited)
René Worms
Un convive (uncredited)

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