In 1869, while investigating gruesome murders, a detective allies himself with a success-hungry newspaper editor.
Millaud
Claude
Jean-Baptiste Troppman
Thérèse Troppmann
Florence
Rochefort
Gustave
Truffier
Father Langlois
Valérieux
journalist
Mustapha
Mexican
landlady
Le Maire
the clairvoyant
le Monsieur
abbé
tailor
priest
a playing child
professor
clerk
newspaper boy
doctor
photographer
