
The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.

as The Man

as The Woman

as Marquise' Chambermaid / Girl at Blangis' Castle

as Bandit Leader in the Hut

as Governor

as Duke of Blangis

as Marquise of X

as Orchestra Conductor

as Marquis of X

as Bandit (uncredited)

as Passer-by in the Street (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

as Bandit (uncredited)

as Lame Bandit (uncredited)

as Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

as Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

as Bandit (uncredited)

as Bandit (uncredited)

as Extra (uncredited)

as Governor's Wife (uncredited)

as Duke of Blangis' Follower (uncredited)

as Defenestrated Bishop (uncredited)

as Extra (uncredited)

as Bandit (uncredited)

as Forester (uncredited)

as Extra (uncredited)

as Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

as Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

as Woman in Car with Ostensory (uncredited)

as Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

as Passer-by in the Street (uncredited)

as Péman (uncredited)

as Bandit (uncredited)

as Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)