Cora Pearl, a demi-mondaine under the Second Empire, falls in love with a legitimist while she is the mistress of Jérôme Bonaparte, the cousin of Napoleon III.

Edwige Feuillère
Cora Pearl

Monique Joyce
Lucy de Kaula

Raymond Rouleau
Philippe de Vaudrey

Guillaume de Sax
Prince Jérôme Bonaparte

Simone Renant
Adèle Rémy

Marguerite Pierry
'La Blandin'
Nina Sinclair
Augustine

Aimé Clariond
Duke of Morny

Roland Armontel
Arsène

Noël Roquevert
Criscelli

Jacques Maury
Count of Brimont

Camille Bert
Governor of the fort (uncredited)

André Carnège
Alexandre Dumas (uncredited)
Andrée Champeaux
(uncredited)
Jacques Courtin
Friend of Lucy (uncredited)