Secrets of a Ballerina

In 1860s France, a couple who have recently acquired a dilapidated country house in Vendôme discover within it the secret of a passionate love affaire that once took a macabre and sadly turn. it all began 50 years previously, when the wealthy landowner Gérard de Clergue fell madly in love with the beautiful young dancer Clara Biondi. In the course of the ensuing romance, Gérard remains blissfully ignorant of the fact that Clara had a previous lover, James de Poulay...

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  Pierre Blanchar

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  Pierre Blanchar
  Gérard de Clergue
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  Micheline Presle
  Clara Biondi
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  Julien Bertheau
  James de Poulay
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  Robert Vattier
  Gontran des Tournelles
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  Geneviève Morel
  Rosalie, young
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  Henri Coutet
  Casimir / Xavier
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  Georges Douking
  Father Biondi
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  Jean Périer
  Prince Talleyrand
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  Maria Froment
  The nun
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  Charlotte Ecard
  Amélie, Clara's dresser
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  Maurice Schutz
  The father of the notary
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  Edmond Beauchamp
  Gardel
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  Ginette Baudin
  Guita Horner
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  Henri Richard
  The Director of the Opera
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  Jacques Louvigny
  Maître Goze
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  Roger Karl
  The Marquis de La Noue
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  Gabrielle Fontan
  Rosalie, elderly
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  Gaby André
  Sophie de La Tournelle
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  Rivers Cadet
  The hotelier (uncredited)
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  Pierre Ferval
  (uncredited)