Overview
The Director of an international banknote printing institute, mutilated by the face of the Great War, Frank Davres, falls in love with a young woman, Jeanne, admirably beautiful, but blind. He marries her. For her, he ruins himself and comes to issue counterfeit banknotes. The young woman does everything to make people forget her infirmity. One day, following an operation, she recovers her sight and notices the physical and moral ugliness of her husband. She hides her cure until the day when Frank, taken by the police, kills one of his accomplices and commits suicide. Jeanne leaves to join a friend with whom she was performing in a circus.
Director and cast
- Pierre Chenal Director
- Erich von Stroheim as Frank Davis
- Madeleine Sologne as Jeanne "Angela"
- Louis Salou as Furet
- Jean-Jacques Delbo as Lenoir
- Margo Lion as Marie-Louise
- Yves Vincent as Robert
- Claudine Dupuis as Clara
- Pierre Labry as Inspector Gardel
- Georges Vitray as Bank manager
- George Cusin Cast
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