The painter Léopold Robert took his own life on 20 March 1835 in his Venice studio, at the height of his fame. The central character of this film, the narrator, attempts to discover the causes of the artist's suicide with the help of his voluminous correspondence.
Robert Bouvier
as Le narrateur
Jacques Bailliart
as M. Delécluze
Carlo Brandt
as Victor Schnetz
Caroline Gasser
as Adèle Robert
