Main Cast and Characters
| Image | Actor | Character | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greta Garbo | Elena | Elena is the main character of the film able to use her physical beauty to capture the heard and "tempt" the opposite sex. She is highly manipulative and is able to win over the hearts of men within an instant leading to some fierce competition between her Argentine love interests | |
| Antonio Moreno | Manuel Robledo | Robledo is an Argentine engineer on leave from a dam building project back home in Argentina in Paris where he meets Elena at a masquerade ball and falls in love with her |
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| Marc McDermott | Fontenoy | Fontenoy (Marc MacDermott) is a middle-aged banker who had an affair with Elena during a difficult period. He blames her and labels her as the temptress, stating she had ruined his life and blames her for his financial ruin. He commits suicide in a highly melodramatic fashion by poisoned wine in public. | |
| Armand Kaliz | Marquis de Torre Bianca | The Marquis de Torre Bianca is a Frenchman and the husband of Elena but also the close friend of Robledo | |
| Roy D'Arcy | Manos Duras | Manos Duras is a local Argentine bandit who like Robledo falls for Garbo when she arrives in Argentina. He vies for her affections and is surprised when the jealous Robledo clearly still has feelings for her and confronts him violently. Despite Duras being a maestro with a whip he is beaten almost to death by Robledo fuelled by his desire. |
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