France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents' lives causes Louise's blindness, they decide to travel to Paris in search of a cure, but they separate when a lustful aristocrat crosses their path.
Henriette Girard
Louise Girard
Chevalier de Vaudrey
Picard
Danton
Robespierre
Mother Frochard
Jacques Frochard
Pierre
Marquis de Praille
Count de Linieres
Jacques-Forget-Not
Countess de Linieres
A Starving Peasant (uncredited)
Executioner (uncredited)
Henriette's Landlady (uncredited)
King Louis XVI (uncredited)
Sister Geneviève (uncredited)
The Doctor (uncredited)
The Chevalier - as a Boy
Meat Carver at Festival
Dancer (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Henriette as a Child (uncredited)
Louise as a child (uncredited)
