1907 Central America: Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist. After her father's death, she meets Maria I, a performer, and decides to stay with the circus, and on her debut as a singer, unintentionally invents the striptease and makes the circus famous. Their inadvertent encounter with a socialist revolutionary lands them leading a revolution against the dictator, the capitalists, and the Church.

Brigitte Bardot
as Maria I

Jeanne Moreau
as Maria II

Paulette Dubost
as Mrs. Diogène

Claudio Brook
as The Great Rodolfo

Carlos López Moctezuma
as Rodríguez

Poldo Bendandi
as Werther

George Hamilton
as Flores

Gregor von Rezzori
as Diogène

Francisco Reiguera
as Father Superior

Adriana Roel
as Janine