About
The Director of an international banknote printing institute, mutilated by the face of the Great War, Frank Davres, falls in love with a young woman, Jeanne, admirably beautiful, but blind. He marries her. For her, he ruins himself and comes to issue counterfeit banknotes. The young woman does everything to make people forget her infirmity. One day, following an operation, she recovers her sight and notices the physical and moral ugliness of her husband. She hides her cure until the day when Frank, taken by the police, kills one of his accomplices and commits suicide. Jeanne leaves to join a friend with whom she was performing in a circus.
Theatrical
Dec 2, 1949
Director
Studio
France Cinéma Productions
Original Title
La Foire aux chimères
Original Language
French
Keywords
Cast
Full credits →E
Erich von Stroheim
Frank Davis
M
Madeleine Sologne
Jeanne "Angela"
L
Louis Salou
Furet
J
Jean-Jacques Delbo
Lenoir
M
Margo Lion
Marie-Louise
Y
Yves Vincent
Robert
C
Claudine Dupuis
Clara
P
Pierre Labry
Inspector Gardel
G
Georges Vitray
Bank manager
G
George Cusin
M
Marcel Mérovée
Doudou
G
Gustave Gallet
Frank Davis' secretary
A
Annette Poivre
The substitute
E
Eugène Frouhins
Domestic
D
Denise Benoit
J
Jean-Paul Moulinot
D
Dora Doll
Lenoir's secretary
H
Howard Vernon
Furet henchman
M
Maurice Devienne
B
Bill Bocket
Circus employee
