In 19th-century France, middle-aged orphans Gasparre and Battista, watchmen at an orphanage, find out from a soothsayer that one of them is the offspring of the Hangman of Paris and the other is the son of a count. But it is only a dream of theirs.
Madame Therese
Il boia di Parigi
Giorgio
Maggiordomo (uncredited)
Un ufficiale (uncredited)
Abate Faria (uncredited)
Gasparre
Battista
Matilde
Il duca Filippo
Signor Deval
Susanne de la Pleine
La direttrice dell'orfanotrofio
Il giudice