La foire aux chimères 1946

The Director of an international banknote printing institute, mutilated by the face of the Great War, Frank Davres, falls in love with a young woman, Jeanne, admirably beautiful, but blind. He marries her. For her, he ruins himself and comes to issue counterfeit banknotes. The young woman does everything to make people forget her infirmity. One day, following an operation, she recovers her sight and notices the physical and moral ugliness of her husband. She hides her cure until the day when Frank, taken by the police, kills one of his accomplices and commits suicide. Jeanne leaves to join a friend with whom she was performing in a circus.

Cast:

Erich von Stroheim
Frank Davis 

Dora Doll
Lenoir's secretary 

Margo Lion
Marie-Louise 

Line Renaud
Cabaret singer 

Howard Vernon
Furet henchman 

Yves Vincent
Robert