Petit rôle (uncredited)
El Zar Alejandro II (1855-1881) toma como amante a la bella estudiante Katia, lo que supone un fulgurante ascenso social para la joven, que llega incluso a recibir el título de princesa. En la corte del zar, donde las intrigas se suceden sin tregua y Katia se convertirá en el epicentro de una de ellas cuyo objetivo es el asesinato del zar de todas las Rusias.
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Sénéchal, an actor touring the provinces with the "Tournées Carlini" does not meet the success he thinks he deserves. One night in Dreux, he finds himself without his luggage and dressed up as a Foreign Legion officer, he is invited to a party thrown by a colonel. He creates a sensation there and does not leave the colonel's wife ... indifferent! Back in Paris, Sénéchal goes through a similar experience. This time around, wearing tuxedo and top hat, he gets mistaken for a diplomat and charms the guests of a wedding party. Arrested by the police, he chooses to do without an attorney at his trial and his brilliant eloquence has him acquitted. A question remains unanswered though : will all those people who give an ovation in real life ever go to see him on stage ?
An accordionist playing in disreputable halls is mistaken for a gangster by a special envoy from the American crime syndicate in charge of investigating the French milieu. The American will prepare a hold-up with a gang of women specialized in scamming tourists. But the accordionist will make the hold-up fail and all the criminals will end up behind bars.
A Jewish passenger (uncredited)
Captain Joris Kniper believes so strongly that he is "skipper next to God" that he is used to playing God on his ship. Tough and bossy, he gives orders which are not to be discussed. But, some day, he is driven to accept on board several German Jews fleeing the nazis and who are refused asylum everywhere. He gradually realizes that skipper he is, but next to God only.The Bible will help him to find the way to self-questioning, awareness and charity.
A boudoir adventure during which the seductive Madame Jolivet, shocked by the behavior of her husband who appears with an actress, calls on the services of a young man, known as "the man of joy".
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Orfeo es un poeta obsesionado con la Muerte (la Princesa) de la cual se enamora. Un día los esbirros de la Muerte matan a Eurídice, la esposa de Orfeo, y éste decide seguirla hasta el Inframundo para rescatarla. Este film es la parte central de la trilogía órfica de Jean Cocteau: La sangre de un poeta (1932), Orfeo (1950) y El testamento de Orfeo (1960).
A gangster, thief of atomic formulas, has a double in the person of a naive musician. A music hall artist who makes eyes at the musician is deceived by the gangster who also takes advantage of the resemblance to track down a band of thugs who are chasing him. Virtue is ultimately rewarded.
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A provincial ingenue leaves her mother’s tobacco shop with dreams of a life in the Parisian theater, only to become entangled in relationships with a lecherous aristocrat, his starry-eyed nephew, and an old ham actor.
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On the morning of January 30, 1889, the Archduke Rodolphe de Habsbourg and his mistress Marie Vetsera were found dead. The remains of Rodolphe are discreetly repatriated to Hofburg, while that of Mary is hastily thrown into the depths of a tomb.
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Puerto de Marsella, Francia, recién liberada del yugo alemán. Sorprendidos como polizones a bordo de un barco, Manon, una joven que fue acusada de colaborar con los nazis, y Robert, un soldado de la Resistencia que la salvó de sufrir represalias, hablan al capitán de los muchos desafíos que han tenido que afrontar para sobrevivir.
The story of the Swiss soldier, Henri Dunant, who was responsible for the founding of the Red Cross, and who was offered the first Nobel Peace Prize.
Political intrigue and psychological drama run parallel. The queen is in seclusion, veiling her face for the ten years since her husband's assassination, longing to join him in death. Stanislas, a poet whose pen name is Azrael, is a suicidal anarchist, his imagination haunted into hate by longing for this queen who's drawn apart. He enters her private quarters intent on killing her then himself, but they fall in love, in part because he looks like the king. Stanislas wants her to regain political power by appearing to the public, and she tries to convince him to find hope and escape. All the while, the queen's enemies plot to keep the lovers together but to thwart their plans.
