Les Petites Cardinal 1951 Directed by Gilles Grangier

Napoleon III, the Commune, the third Republic in the background. In the foreground, two pretty, talented sisters, Virginie and Pauline Cardinal. They are ballerinas at the Opera de Paris and very much courted by wealthy, elegant men. They will manage to climb in the society of their time, despite parents set on respectability but also attracted by money.

Country France
Language French
Spoken Language French
Release Date 22 June 1951
93 mins
Cast
Saturnin Fabre Horace Cardinal
Véra Norman Virginie Cardinal
Denise Grey Mrs. Cardinal
Jacques Castelot The Baron of Glaïeuls
Claude Nicot Gaspard
Sophie Leclair Pauline Cardinal
Jacques Meyran Giuseppe Chamborini, singing master
Henri Niel The concierge
Jacqueline Noëlle Anais, a dancer
Paul Azaïs The stage manager
Jean Tissier Marquis Alberto de Cavalcanti
Jacques Beauvais The coachman (uncredited)
Gérard Buhr (uncredited)
Jacqueline Guelis (uncredited)
René Hell The Bonapartist (uncredited)
Charles Lemontier Jacquelin (uncredited)
Albert Michel The Gendarme (uncredited)
Georges Paulais The porter (uncredited)
Jacqueline Rivière The diva (uncredited)
Georges Sauval The shopkeeper (uncredited)
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