Summary
Through her fiancé Jean, Yvette Obardi makes a terrible
discovery. Her mother, a countess, has been leading a double
life. Yvette is so shocked that she has no choice but to
reject her own mother...
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Credits
- Director: Alberto Cavalcanti
- Script: Guy de Maupassant
- Cast: Blanche Bernis, Thomy Bourdelle, Pauline Carton, Catherine Hessling, Jean-François Martial, Michel Duran, Jean Marconi, Walter Byron, Nina Chousvalowa, Clifford McLaglen, Simone Narbelle, Jean Storm, Ica von Lenkeffy
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 80 min; B&W; silent
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