Claude is one of the two swindlers at the center of the medium-length story. He joins Léo in using personal-advertisement notices to carry out marriage fraud, with Lucienne's active help. Their scheme proceeds until they encounter another swindler and his daughter.
Gerard is Paul's friend and a frequent visitor to the siblings' home, where he has a crush on Elisabeth and observes their private games. He later stays at Elisabeth's mansion, marries Agathe after Elisabeth's intervention, and brings Paul an exotic poison obtained from Dargelos, unknowingly contributing to Paul's death.
Jacques Bernard has 24 screen credits in a career dating back to 1950. Signature works include Une femme presque fidèle, Young Girls in Ecstasy, 1001 Ways to Love. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
