
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.

Edwige Feuillère
Antoinette de Langeais

Pierre Richard-Willm
Armand de Montriveau

Aimé Clariond
Ronquerolles

Lise Delamare
Madame de Serizy

Charles Granval
The vidame of Pamiers
Irène Bonheur
Caroline de Vanderesse

Marthe Mellot
The mother superior

Simone Renant
Viscountess Emilie de Fontaines

Hélène Constant
Paméla
Madeleine Pagès
Suzette
Dorothée Luss
Madame de Lestorade

Jacques Varennes
The Duke of Langeais

Catherine Fonteney
The Princess of Blamont-Chauvry

Georges Mauloy
The Duke of Grandlieu

Philippe Richard
Bonpied, the doorman