Aged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. One day Raphael Saint-Clair comes; he has been a famous actor and had a lot of love affairs. Passions come back, and jealousies... A bitter film about aging, failure and the entertainment.
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Louis Jouvet as Raphaël Saint-Clair, former Don Juan and adored actor
Michel Simon as Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy
Madeleine Ozeray as Jeannette, little maid at the café
Sylvie as Madame Tusini
Madame Lherbay as Madame Philémon
Gabrielle Fontan as Madame Jambage
Odette Talazac as Singer
Victor Francen as Gilles Marny
Alexandre Arquillière as Monsieur Lucien
Arthur Devère as Stage manager
Jean Joffre as Philémon
Charles Granval as Deaubonne
Pierre Magnier as Laroche
Jean Coquelin as Delormel
Auguste Bovério as Vicar
Jean Aymé as Victor
Tony Jacquot as Pierre 'Pierrot' Andrieu
Gaston Jacquet as Lacour
Gaston Secrétan as Montfaucon
Maurice Schutz as Verneuil
Camille Beuve as Berthelin
Fernand Liesse as Marcel
Marthe Marty as Madame Chavanot
Emilie Lindey as Madame Varenne
Louise Marquet as Madame Marcellin
Henriette Morey as Madame Verdun
Zélie Yzelle as Madame Berger
Blanche Denège as Madame Laroche
Cailloux as Félix
Henri Nassiet as Gaston Noblet
Georges Bever as Country-warden
Romain Bouquet as Barker
Dumont as
Robert Ozanne as Administrator of the retirement home
Gaston Modot as Monsieur Martin, owner of the bistro
Raymone as Madame Martin, owner of the bistro
François Périer as Journalist
Martial Rèbe as Fernand
Simone Aubry as Germaine
René Bergeron as Récamier
Paul Escoffier as Ruy Gomez
Marie-Hélène Dasté as Adèle
Simone Gauthier as Juliette
Claude Sainval as Actor who plays the Duke of Reichstadt
Luce Camy as Fanny Essler
Philippe Richard as Marshal Marmont
Pierre Sergeol as Props master
Geneviève Sorya as Yvette
Gabrielle Dorziat as Marthe Chabert
Claude Benedict as Lodger (uncredited)
Catherine Carrey as (uncredited)
Lise Courbet as (uncredited)
Marguerite de Morlaye as Lodger (uncredited)
Georges Denola as Lodger (uncredited)
René Lacourt as (uncredited)
Henriette Moret as (uncredited)
Émilie Prévost as Lodger (uncredited)
Robert Rollis as Scout (uncredited)
Victor Vina as (uncredited)
Gaby André as Danielle
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