Overview
At the urging of her childhood friend Brémontier, Lucie de Kéradec, a wealthy widowed countess who wishes to remarry, invites all of her seven suitors to her mansion. Her untold intention is to test them by claiming to be ruined. The experience is a success in that each of the potential husbands reveals his inner nature but a failure when it comes to finding a new life partner. None of the guests passes the test except - the eighth man, namely Brémontier who loved Lucie in secret but, being penniless, had not dared declare his flame to her.
Cast
Le vicomte Brémontier
La comtesse Lucie de Kérade
M. Langlois, entrepreneur
De Villiers
Derain, député à la Chambre
Bizulier
Vauxcouleur, spéculateur en bourse
Barfleur
Massa, compositeur
La mère de Lucie
Annette, une domestique
Le patron de l'hôtel bon marché, rue Brey, Paris XVII