Pierre Blanchar

François Mésaule

Simone Renant

Nicole Mésaule

Gisèle Pascal

Germaine By

Gabrielle Fontan

The old Catou

Germaine Ledoyen

Germaine's sister

Nicole Chollet

The maid of the Mésaule

Claire Gérard

A guest at the reception

Marcel Melrac

The owner

René Hell

The violet merchant

Paul Denneville

The old journalist

Jean-Jacques Duverger

The little Henri Mésaule

Serge Canda

Fernand Fabre

Robert Fautrier, Nicole's lover

Léon Arvel

The doctor (uncredited)

Cecil Baur

(uncredited)

Alain Clairfond

(uncredited)

Michel Dancourt

(uncredited)

Lucien Dorval

(uncredited)

Gloria France

A waitress at the reception (uncredited)

Lucien Jeunesse

A waiter at the reception (uncredited)

Jean Kolb

A friend of François (uncredited)

Lisette Lebon

(uncredited)

Michel Lemoine

(uncredited)

Palmyre Levasseur

The neighbor on the phone (uncredited)

Jacques Vertan

(uncredited)

Paulin Soumanou Vieyra

A passerby (uncredited)

Lucienne Legrand

(uncredited)