Napoleon III, the Commune, the third Republic in the background. In the foreground, two pretty, talented sisters, Virginie and Pauline Cardinal. They are ballerinas at the Opera de Paris and very much courted by wealthy, elegant men. They will manage to climb in the society of their time, despite parents set on respectability but also attracted by money.
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as Horace Cardinal
DeceasedBorn: April 4, 1884
Died: October 24, 1961
Age at death: 77
as Virginie Cardinal
DeceasedBorn: December 28, 1924
Died: May 19, 2023
Age at death: 98
as Mrs. Cardinal
DeceasedBorn: September 17, 1896
Died: January 13, 1996
Age at death: 99
as The Baron of Glaïeuls
DeceasedBorn: July 11, 1914
Died: August 25, 1989
Age at death: 75
as Gaspard
DeceasedBorn: February 12, 1925
Died: November 17, 2003
Age at death: 78
as Pauline Cardinal
DeceasedBorn: August 20, 1925
Died: November 6, 2024
Age at death: 99
as Giuseppe Chamborini, singing master
AliveBirth date not on record.
as The concierge
DeceasedBorn: November 5, 1885
Died: November 9, 1963
Age at death: 78
as Anais, a dancer
DeceasedBorn: December 25, 1926
Died: July 29, 2020
Age at death: 93
as The stage manager
DeceasedBorn: May 6, 1903
Died: November 17, 1974
Age at death: 71
as Marquis Alberto de Cavalcanti
DeceasedBorn: April 1, 1896
Died: March 31, 1973
Age at death: 76
as The coachman (uncredited)
DeceasedBorn: January 1, 1889
Died: January 1, 1964
Age at death: 75
as (uncredited)
DeceasedBorn: May 8, 1928
Died: January 8, 1988
Age at death: 59
as (uncredited)
AliveBirth date not on record.
as The Bonapartist (uncredited)
DeceasedBorn: May 1, 1891
Died: October 11, 1965
Age at death: 74
as Jacquelin (uncredited)
DeceasedBorn: April 21, 1894
Died: May 28, 1965
Age at death: 71
as The Gendarme (uncredited)
DeceasedBorn: October 3, 1909
Died: July 6, 1981
Age at death: 71
as The porter (uncredited)
DeceasedBorn: September 16, 1884
Died: December 12, 1967
Age at death: 83
as The diva (uncredited)
AliveBirth date not on record.
as The shopkeeper (uncredited)
AliveBirth date not on record.