Balsamo, a scoundrel with the gift of mesmerism, seeks to gain power in the French court in the days before the Revolution.
Joseph Balsamo
Gilbert
Philippe de Taverney
Baron de Taverney
Andrée de Taverney-Maison-Rouge
Lorenza
Louis XV
La Du Barry
le cardinal de Rohan
Marie-Antoinette
Comte Sartines
Madame de Grammont