Summary
Manöela, the granddaughter of the ruined Marquis de Costabella, enters a convent
to atone for the crimes of which her grandfather is accused, but she dies during the taking
of the veil ceremony. In Paris, the Marquis meets a young dancer, Parisette, who
is the living image of Manöela. Parisette is the niece of Cogolin, who works
as a cashier in the a bank owned by Parisette’s amorous admirer, Stéfan.
It transpires that when she was young, Stéfan’s wife had a secret love child...
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Credits
- Director: Louis Feuillade
- Script: Louis Feuillade
- Photo: Maurice Champreux, Léon Morizet
- Cast: Sandra Milovanoff (Parisette), Georges Biscot (Cogolin), Fernand Herrmann (Le banquier Stephan), Édouard Mathé (Pedro Alvarez), René Clair (Jean Vernier), Henri-Amédée Charpentier (Le père Lapusse), Jeanne Rollette (Mélanie Parent), Jane Grey (Mme. Stephan), Pierre de Canolle (Joseph), Bernard Derigal (Marquis de Costabella),
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 380 min, in 12 episodes; B&W; silent
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