In pre-World Ward I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre LeBlanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker's assistant. Pierre has a flair for designing clothes, and he and his bride live in a blissful paradise, until the war breaks out and he becomes a soldier. Janine dies in childbirth and, no longer desiring to live, Pierre volunteers for a dangerous patrol behind German lines. While recuperating in the hospital from a wound he received on the mission, Pierre spends his time drawing sketches of dresses. He becomes rich and famous after the war. Years later, after devoting himself to his daughter, Pierre seeks a marriage with a girl no older than his daughter. A conflict develops and to ensure his daughter's happiness, Pierre sacrifices his own plans.
Directed by Abel Gance
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Cast

Fernand Gravey
Pierre Leblan

Micheline Presle
Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblan

Robert Le Vigan
Edouard Bordenave

Elvira Popescu
Sonia Vorochine

André Alerme
le couturier Raoul Calou

Monique Rolland
Laurence Aubujan

Robert Pizani
Le couturier Bernard Lesage

Jane Marken
Madame Bonneron - la concierge

Marcel Delaître
Le capitaine

Gérard Landry
Gérard Aubujan

Nicolas Amato
Le chanteur du 14 juillet (uncredited)

Gaby André
Irène (uncredited)

Edmond Beauchamp
Le facétieux (uncredited)

René Bergeron
Bar cashier (uncredited)
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