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
Charles Boyer
Général André de...
Danielle Darrieux
Comtesse Louise de...
Hubert Noël
Henri de Maleville
Gérard Buhr
Le douanier (uncredited)
Madeleine Barbulée
Une amie de Madame de... (uncredited)
Jean Galland
Monsieur de Bernac
Mireille Perrey
La Nourrice
Colette Régis
La vendeuse de cierges (uncredited)
Albert Michel
Le second cocher du baron (uncredited)
Lia Di Leo
Lola
Émile Genevois
Un soldat (uncredited)
Jean Debucourt
Monsieur Rémy
Daniel Mendaille
Un passant (uncredited)
Claire Duhamel
La demoiselle de compagnie (uncredited)
Georges Paulais
Le premier témoin du duel (uncredited)
Jean Toulout
Le doyen du corps diplomatique (uncredited)
Roger Vincent
Le second témoin du duel (uncredited)
Paul Azaïs
Le premier cocher
Germaine Stainval
L'ambassadrice (uncredited)
Charles Bayard
Un convive (uncredited)
Jean Degrave
Le clubman (uncredited)
Georges Vitray
Le vieux reporter (uncredited)
Jacques Beauvais
Un majordome (uncredited)
Franck Maurice
Un témoin (uncredited)
Léon Walther
L'administrateur (uncredited)
Robert Moor
Un diplomate (uncredited)
Guy Favières
Julien (uncredited)
Jacques Josselin
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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