Antoine Mouret, an authoritarian restaurateur, is the head of a large family where, for reasons of interest, people only marry cousins. But some have other plans, Marcus especially when he meets a passing circus girl.

Pierre Fresnay
Marcus

Marcelle Géniat
Mamouret

Blanchette Brunoy
Marie-Jo

Ginette Leclerc
Graziella

André Brunot
Antoine Mouret

Raoul Marco
Alphonse

Alfred Adam
Guillaume

Gilberte Géniat
Estelle

Ginette Baudin
Gisèle

Marthe Mellot
Héloïse

René Blancard
Ferdinand

Jeanne Véniat
Armandine
Jean-Henri Chambois
Léonard
Paul Delauzac
Monseigneur Mouret, l'évêque
René Forval
Le prêtre