Barbara Hoffmann

In Paris, unhappy movie actress Catherine Crachat becomes infatuated with the mathematician Pierre Indemini, but then breaks up with him. After a film shoot in Vienna, Catherine stays with a rich admirer, Fanny Hohenstein. Fanny has a history of many lovers of both sexes, two of whom killed themselves over her.

Claude travaille dans un magasin où il est entouré de poupées. Il rencontre un jour Marie, au visage couleur de porcelaine, qu'il va traiter comme une marionnette.