Madame de Maintenon, the founder of the Saint-Cyr school for daughters
of the nobility, takes it upon herself to find a husband for her
adopted daughter, Jeannette de Pincre. The man she has in mind is
the young Viscount Haussy de Villefort, but King Louis XIV prefers that
Jeanette should marry the more mature Duke de Montgobert.
Jeannette feels that she is too young to marry, and when she confides
her misgivings in her friend La Verdure, the gardener of Saint-Cyr, he
lets slip that the Viscount has been having an affair with the actress
Adrienne Lecouvreur. At her first meeting with Villefort,
Jeannette is so rude to Villefort that he decides to give up his
suit. After a duel with Montgobert, the Viscount is commanded by
the King to join his regiment in Flanders, but before he goes he
decides that he must marry Jeannette at any cost...
Script: Robert-Paul Dagan, Henry Dupuis-Mazuel (story),
Roger Ferdinand (dialogue), Pierre Léaud
Cinematographer: Henri Alekan
Music: Georges Van Parys
Cast:Odette Joyeux (Jeannette de Pincret),
Lucien Baroux (Le jardinier La Verdure),
Georges Marchal (Le vicomte Pierre d'Haussy de Villefort),
Gabrielle Dorziat (Madame de Maintenon),
Maurice Escande (Le roi Louis XIV),
Jacques Varennes (Le duc de Montgobert),
Jacqueline Ferrière (Mademoiselle d'Aumale),
Madeleine Rousset (La comédienne Adrienne Lecouvreur),
Sylvie Noëlle (Anne de Salbris),
Marfa d'Hervilly (Une dame de Saint-Cyr),
Catherine Morgate (Geneviève de Riqueville),
Jacques Berlioz,
Françoise Delille,
Huguette Ferly,
Véra Norman,
Catherine Romane,
Henri Charrett,
Maud Lamy,
Gustave Gallet,
André Carnège
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 95 min
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