Secrets of a Ballerina (1943)

6.3/10 98 min Drama

Overview

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...

Cast

Pierre Blanchar

Gérard de Clergue

Micheline Presle

Clara Biondi

Julien Bertheau

James de Poulay

Robert Vattier

Gontran des Tournelles

Geneviève Morel

Rosalie, young

Henri Coutet

Casimir / Xavier

Georges Douking

Father Biondi

Jean Périer

Prince Talleyrand

Maurice Schutz

The father of the notary

Edmond Beauchamp

Gardel

Ginette Baudin

Guita Horner

Henri Richard

The Director of the Opera

Jacques Louvigny

Maître Goze

Roger Karl

The Marquis de La Noue

Gabrielle Fontan

Rosalie, elderly

Gaby André

Sophie de La Tournelle

Rivers Cadet

The hotelier (uncredited)

Pierre Ferval

(uncredited)

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