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...

• Pierre BlancharDirector

• Pierre BlancharGérard de Clergue
• Micheline PresleClara Biondi
• Julien BertheauJames de Poulay
• Robert VattierGontran des Tournelles
• Geneviève MorelRosalie, young
• Henri CoutetCasimir / Xavier
• Georges DoukingFather Biondi
• Jean PérierPrince Talleyrand
• Maria FromentThe nun
• Charlotte EcardAmélie, Clara's dresser
• Maurice SchutzThe father of the notary
• Edmond BeauchampGardel