An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has an affair with a young lady, who becomes a maid and does similarly with the young man of the house. The young man seduces a married woman. On and on, spinning on the gay carousel of life.

Anton Walbrookas Raconteur - le meneur de jeu
Simone Signoretas Léocadie, la prostitutée
Serge Reggianias Franz, le soldat
Simone Simonas Marie, la femme de chambre
Daniel Gélinas Alfred, le jeune homme
Fernand Graveyas Charles Breitkopf, son mari
Gérard Philipeas Le comte
Danielle Darrieuxas Emma Breitkopf, la femme mariée
Jean-Louis Barraultas The Poet
Odette Joyeuxas Anna, la grisette
Christian Matras