The story of a French officer who is assumed dead during the Napoleonic Wars, but returns ten years later to a very different France, both on a political and personal level. The film is based on the novel Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac.

Raimu
as Colonel Hyacinthe Chabert

Marie Bell
as Countess Rosine Ferraud

Jacques Baumer
as Delbecq, steward

Aimé Clariond
as Maître Derville

Pierre Alcover
as Director of the asylum

Jacques Charon
as Cleric

Roger Blin
as Cleric

Jo Dervo
as

Eddy Debray
as

Maurice Devienne
as