Edwige Feuillère and Pierre Richard-Willm star in director Jacques de Baroncelli's adaptation of the Balzac novella The Duchesse de Langeais, which tells the tale of a Parisian socialite who is romantically pursued by a Napoleonic war hero. With a screenplay by Jean Giraudoux.

Antoinette de Langeais
Armand de Montriveau
Ronquerolles
Madame de Serizy
The vidame of Pamiers
Caroline de Vanderesse
The mother superior
Viscountess Emilie de Fontaines
Paméla
Suzette
Madame de Lestorade
The Duke of Langeais