Jules, small and weak, dreams of becoming a formidable athlete. He strives every morning to practice physical culture exercises and takes comforting tablets, without success. But he meets Nénette, a woman who, when he kisses her, suddenly endows him with prodigious strength.

Jules

Nénette

Specialist Doctor

Accomplice

Policeman

Dédée

'Le gorille'
'Louis XIV'

Milou

Principal curator Anselme Carillon
O'Riol

The Doctor's assistant

The butcher at the fair

The announcer of the Vél d'Hiv

The organizer

Pierrot
Hortense, the cook

A man hit by Jules at the fair (uncredited)

The owner of the Mala-bar (uncredited)