Sylvia and the Ghost

A teenager becomes fixated on a painting of the handsome suitor who died in a duel for her grandmother's love. On her sixteenth birthday, her father hires three men who pretend to be the ghost of the suitor to entertain her. Little do they know, the ghost of the suitor himself is roaming the castle halls.

Cast

Odette Joyeux

as Sylvie

François Périer

as Ramure, thief

Jean Desailly

as Frederick

Jacques Tati

as Ghost of Alain de Francigny

Pierre Larquey

as Baron Edouard

Julien Carette

as Hector, butler

Paul Demange

as Counsellor

Marguerite Cassan

as Marthe

Lise Topart

as Girl

Gabrielle Fontan

as Marielle

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