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In thirteenth-century Spain, twin sisters Giroflé and Girofla are promised to different men. Pirates abduct Girofla just after Giroflé marries Marasquin, so their parents make Giroflé impersonate her sister to appease another groom. When the deception is exposed, Girofla returns and both weddings proceed.
Captain Perpignac violates King Henri’s order to avoid women and pursues Bianca. His cousin Jacquette disguises herself as a man and intervenes; Bianca ultimately marries Pomponio, while Jacquette returns to Béarn with Perpignac.
At the Paris Opera, Mandrin poses as the Chevalier de Valjoly while pursuing dancer La Camargo. Spanish aristocrat Juana recognizes him as the robber who visited her during a confusing dream, but protects his identity and hides a stolen necklace. Mandrin later captures Camargo and others at his castle. After the prisoners escape, Mandrin disguises himself as a detective, but Camargo learns of his plan to abduct her. Disguised as a street performer, she exposes him to Juana; when Pontcalé’s troops surround the house, Camargo takes pity on Mandrin and lets him flee Paris.
In sixteenth-century Flanders, Marjolaine marries the wealthy Baron Van der Boom after her former lover Frickel has been away for years. Annibal, leader of a group of predatory bachelors, conspires to discredit her by trapping Frickel in her bedroom. The Baron loses a wager and his fortune. Later, after learning Annibal deceived him, the Baron cannot prevent the divorce. Marjolaine rejects both the Baron and Annibal, chooses Frickel, and claims true virtue as her prize.
San Carlo, secretly married to Graziella, hides her identity from the jealous Podestà of Bergamo, who once caught him with his own wife. At court, a chain of mistaken identities leads Rodolpho to believe he can seduce Graziella in revenge; after learning the truth and being persuaded to release the group, he lets the couple go, briefly making San Carlo fear that Graziella’s honor was the price.
In Portugal, Don Braseiro awaits the bride chosen by proxy while he guards the border. His steward Miguel’s fiancée Manola arrives fleeing the prime minister and pretends to be Braseiro’s bride. The real bride, Béatrix, agrees to help the couple by exchanging places with Manola in the dark. A series of disguises and mistaken identities culminates in a confrontation at an inn. Once the deception is explained, Braseiro accepts Béatrix, the king dismisses the prime minister, and both couples are happy.
Governor Folbach must provide an heir to receive a patent of nobility. His nephew Tancred is captured by gypsies, while his niece Falka elopes with Arthur and disguises herself as Tancred to attend the Governor. Mistaken identity sets the gypsies and the Governor's arranged marriage plans against her; eventually Falka is pardoned and made heir, and Tancred marries Edwige, the gypsy chief's sister.
Prince Caprice rejects the crown and marriage, choosing instead to travel to the Moon with his father, King Vlan, and the scholar Microscope in a cannon-launched shell. On the Moon, Caprice and Princess Fantasia fall in love after she tastes an apple, while lunar society treats love as an illness and sells women at a market. After schemes and disguises, the travellers are imprisoned in a volcano but escape during its eruption and return to safety.
King Ouf searches his city in disguise for someone to execute as a birthday celebration. A visiting ambassador and his party are traveling incognito, with Princess Laoula disguised as the ambassador’s wife, and they intend her to marry Ouf. Laoula and the peddler Lazuli fall in love. When Lazuli insults the disguised king, Ouf orders his execution, but the astrologer Siroco warns that their fates are linked. Lazuli escapes harm, and after plans to elope and a failed attempt to flee, Ouf blesses his marriage to Laoula.
Newlyweds Gontran and Hélène seek advice about married life from their relatives and from Gontran’s tutor, Pausanias. Gontran asks Pausanias for the lesson in life he believes is missing from his education. During a storm, Hélène seeks comfort and the couple discover their answer, but Pausanias interrupts them again.
In thirteenth-century Spain, twin sisters Giroflé and Girofla are promised to different men. Pirates abduct Girofla just after Giroflé marries Marasquin, so their parents make Giroflé impersonate her sister to appease another groom. When the deception is exposed, Girofla returns and both weddings proceed.
Captain Perpignac violates King Henri’s order to avoid women and pursues Bianca. His cousin Jacquette disguises herself as a man and intervenes; Bianca ultimately marries Pomponio, while Jacquette returns to Béarn with Perpignac.
At the Paris Opera, Mandrin poses as the Chevalier de Valjoly while pursuing dancer La Camargo. Spanish aristocrat Juana recognizes him as the robber who visited her during a confusing dream, but protects his identity and hides a stolen necklace. Mandrin later captures Camargo and others at his castle. After the prisoners escape, Mandrin disguises himself as a detective, but Camargo learns of his plan to abduct her. Disguised as a street performer, she exposes him to Juana; when Pontcalé’s troops surround the house, Camargo takes pity on Mandrin and lets him flee Paris.
In sixteenth-century Flanders, Marjolaine marries the wealthy Baron Van der Boom after her former lover Frickel has been away for years. Annibal, leader of a group of predatory bachelors, conspires to discredit her by trapping Frickel in her bedroom. The Baron loses a wager and his fortune. Later, after learning Annibal deceived him, the Baron cannot prevent the divorce. Marjolaine rejects both the Baron and Annibal, chooses Frickel, and claims true virtue as her prize.
San Carlo, secretly married to Graziella, hides her identity from the jealous Podestà of Bergamo, who once caught him with his own wife. At court, a chain of mistaken identities leads Rodolpho to believe he can seduce Graziella in revenge; after learning the truth and being persuaded to release the group, he lets the couple go, briefly making San Carlo fear that Graziella’s honor was the price.
In Portugal, Don Braseiro awaits the bride chosen by proxy while he guards the border. His steward Miguel’s fiancée Manola arrives fleeing the prime minister and pretends to be Braseiro’s bride. The real bride, Béatrix, agrees to help the couple by exchanging places with Manola in the dark. A series of disguises and mistaken identities culminates in a confrontation at an inn. Once the deception is explained, Braseiro accepts Béatrix, the king dismisses the prime minister, and both couples are happy.
Governor Folbach must provide an heir to receive a patent of nobility. His nephew Tancred is captured by gypsies, while his niece Falka elopes with Arthur and disguises herself as Tancred to attend the Governor. Mistaken identity sets the gypsies and the Governor's arranged marriage plans against her; eventually Falka is pardoned and made heir, and Tancred marries Edwige, the gypsy chief's sister.
Prince Caprice rejects the crown and marriage, choosing instead to travel to the Moon with his father, King Vlan, and the scholar Microscope in a cannon-launched shell. On the Moon, Caprice and Princess Fantasia fall in love after she tastes an apple, while lunar society treats love as an illness and sells women at a market. After schemes and disguises, the travellers are imprisoned in a volcano but escape during its eruption and return to safety.
King Ouf searches his city in disguise for someone to execute as a birthday celebration. A visiting ambassador and his party are traveling incognito, with Princess Laoula disguised as the ambassador’s wife, and they intend her to marry Ouf. Laoula and the peddler Lazuli fall in love. When Lazuli insults the disguised king, Ouf orders his execution, but the astrologer Siroco warns that their fates are linked. Lazuli escapes harm, and after plans to elope and a failed attempt to flee, Ouf blesses his marriage to Laoula.
Newlyweds Gontran and Hélène seek advice about married life from their relatives and from Gontran’s tutor, Pausanias. Gontran asks Pausanias for the lesson in life he believes is missing from his education. During a storm, Hélène seeks comfort and the couple discover their answer, but Pausanias interrupts them again.