A young intellectual, Hugo, joins the Communist Party out of a sense of idealism, only to see his principles manipulated by party leaders. He is given the assignment of killing Professor Hoederer, a party deviationist. However, he grows to admire the man and begins to have doubts about morals and revolutionary politics. But jealousy - Hugo thinks Hoederer has made love to his wife, Jessica - takes matters out of the political realm.
Pierre Brasseur
Hoederer
Daniel Gélin
Hugo
Claude Nollier
Olga
Jacques Castelot
le prince
Georges Chamarat
Banine
Monique Arthur
Jessica Barine
Marcel André
Karski
Roland Bailly
Slick
