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After abducting Fleur-de-Soufre, Croquefer wants to end his long feud with her father, the mutilated knight Mousse-à-Mort. Fleur-de-Soufre and Croquefer’s nephew Ramasse-ta-Tête plot to escape and marry; poisoned drinks interrupt the men’s confrontation, and a final letter reveals the composer and librettists are being taken to an asylum.
In this comic burlesque of Faust, an elderly professor trades his reason for youth and wealth to pursue Marguerite, who has left school to teach the can-can in London. Their reunion leads to a duel in which Faust kills her brother Valentin; at Walpurgis Night, Mephisto condemns Faust to remain with the unwilling Marguerite, while Valentin is redeemed.
Démêloir organizes a lottery whose prize is the hand of Aspasie, a former horse dancer. Anténor Pigeonneau arrives seeking the ticket number he believes will win, while Démêloir disguises himself as a rival suitor to help matters along. After a mix-up and a fortune offered, Aspasie and Pigeonneau marry.
After abducting Fleur-de-Soufre, Croquefer wants to end his long feud with her father, the mutilated knight Mousse-à-Mort. Fleur-de-Soufre and Croquefer’s nephew Ramasse-ta-Tête plot to escape and marry; poisoned drinks interrupt the men’s confrontation, and a final letter reveals the composer and librettists are being taken to an asylum.
In this comic burlesque of Faust, an elderly professor trades his reason for youth and wealth to pursue Marguerite, who has left school to teach the can-can in London. Their reunion leads to a duel in which Faust kills her brother Valentin; at Walpurgis Night, Mephisto condemns Faust to remain with the unwilling Marguerite, while Valentin is redeemed.
Démêloir organizes a lottery whose prize is the hand of Aspasie, a former horse dancer. Anténor Pigeonneau arrives seeking the ticket number he believes will win, while Démêloir disguises himself as a rival suitor to help matters along. After a mix-up and a fortune offered, Aspasie and Pigeonneau marry.