Secrets of a Ballerina
1943In 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...
Acted in
Pierre Blanchar
as Gérard de Clergue
Micheline Presle
as Clara Biondi
Julien Bertheau
as James de Poulay
Robert Vattier
as Gontran des Tournelles
Geneviève Morel
as Rosalie, young
Henri Coutet
as Casimir / Xavier
Georges Douking
as Father Biondi
Jean Périer
as Prince Talleyrand
Maria Froment
as The nun
Charlotte Ecard
as Amélie, Clara's dresser
Maurice Schutz
as The father of the notary
Edmond Beauchamp
as Gardel
Ginette Baudin
as Guita Horner
Henri Richard
as The Director of the Opera
Jacques Louvigny
as Maître Goze
Roger Karl
as The Marquis de La Noue
Gabrielle Fontan
as Rosalie, elderly
Gaby André
as Sophie de La Tournelle
Rivers Cadet
as The hotelier (uncredited)
Pierre Ferval
as (uncredited)
Nathalie Nattier
as (uncredited)
Georges Pally
as (uncredited)
René Stern
as The expert (uncredited)
Roger Vincent
as (uncredited)