A young mechanic is given a strange job: to convey the king of the gypsies' embalmed dead body on a very long route.
A rich man's son has lived a dissipated life and has joined a circus where he shares the courageous and perilous lives of its artists. He falls in love with a young dancer and is loved in return by her. But their passion goes through many vicissitudes.
Capitaine du tournoi
Siglo XVI, Guerras de religión. El rey Carlos IX y Catalina de Médicis visitan el Sur de Francia para apaciguar los enfrentamientos religiosos. En honor de la reina se organiza un torneo a pesar del edicto real que prohíbe tales festejos.