"Les Trois Valses" traces the love story of two people over three eras. In the first waltz (music based on Johann Strauss I), Yvonne is a sensitive Parisian ballet dancer, whose romance with a dashing officer is brought to an abrupt end by his family. She goes off to Vienna to become a big star. In the second waltz, her daughter, an even bigger star, but now of Paris music halls, has a brief flirtation with the rakish man-about-town who is the son of suitor number one. She throws him over pretty quickly for a chance to shine at a Gala performance. Finally, in the third waltz, the two get together, when she is a movie star, and he is posing as an insurance salesman.
Fanny, Yvette & Irène Grandpré
Octave, Philippe & Gérard de Chalencey
Brunner Jr.
President Lebrun
Journalist
Director
Empress Eugénie
Napoléon III
Actor playing the Emperor
Producer
Stage manager
Antoine
Singer
Little woman
Marquise de Chalencey
Céleste
Dresser
Sarah Bernhardt
Actress playing the Empress
Marshal
Brunner Sr.
Tenor (uncredited)
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Bellhop (uncredited)
Cloakroom attendant (uncredited)
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Insurance agent (uncredited)
Cyprien's wife (uncredited)
Studio director (uncredited)
Maître d'hôtel (uncredited)
Madame Morel (uncredited)
Fireman (uncredited)
Mother of a dancer (uncredited)
Little woman (uncredited)
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Customs officer at the airfield (uncredited)
Cyprien (uncredited)
Theater doorman (uncredited)
Beltramini (uncredited)
Assistant (uncredited)