Mario di Donati, a deserter from the Italian army, lives in Paris under a false name with Germaine, his French lover. When the latter learns about his hidden past, she feels hurt by Mario's lack of trust in her and she distances herself from him. In despair, Mario surrenders to the law but, at the time of trial, he runs away to join the woman he loves.
Mario di Donati
Lilla
The priest
Germaine Tourier
Marcel
Mademoiselle Berthe, the teacher
Paulier
Chief Inspector Pardelles
Margot, the fairground
The fairground
The gendarme Piletti
Sergio
Georges
The lawyer
Jules, the bistro
Gendarme Fromont
Jacques
Octave
A police inspector
Madame Forbier, the neighbor
Octave's father
Little Denise
Nerina
The police commissioner