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During the students ' rebellion against Nicholas the Second in Russia, Viana tries to kill the governor but it's her lover who is arrested and sent to a sinister fortress : hence the title. To help the prisoner,Vania marries the officer who commands the place. There the convicts have really a bad time, but Vania manages to communicate with her dear captive. But beware of informers.
Annabella
Viana Volonska
Pierre Renoir
Colonel-Count Stepan Iporievich
Bernard Lancret
CĂ©sar Birsky
Pierre Alcover
The Governor of Warsaw
Paul Amiot
Vladorowsky
Mady Berry
The landlady of the hotel
Pauline Carton
The landlady
Henry Darbray
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
The butler's daughter
Gilberte GĂ©niat
Catherine
Claire GĂ©rard
The nanny
Fabien Loris
The 836
Georges Melchior
Nevitzky
Marthe Mellot
Joséphine
André Nox
Marguerite Pierry
The other landlady
Philippe Richard
Georges Saillard
An insurgent
José Squinquel
The captain
Lucas Gridoux
The spy
Alexandre Rignault
The guardian
Pierre Larquey
Bartek
Fernand Bellan
(uncredited)
Roger Blin
Officer (uncredited)
Guy Decomble
(uncredited)
Denise Jovelet
Vania as a child (uncredited)
Georges Lannes
Kerlov (uncredited)
Robert Le Vigan
Granoff, prison Chief (uncredited)
Marcel Rouzé
Officer at the citadel (uncredited)