Synopsis
Hans has killed the dog of Firmin, a shepherd. Wild with rage, Firmin kidnaps Elsi, Hans' fiancée and locks her up at his home. Hans, a peddler, vows to find the missing girl. This is what he does and he manages, with the help of Mânu, the village idiot, to give Elsi a letter. On seeing her, the changeling falls in love at first sight with the young woman. Elsi soon realizes that Mânu can become her instrument of vengeance.
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (6)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Mentor Film
- French distribution : Cinédis
Full credits (6)
- Executive Producers : Stefan Markus, Dimitri Kirsanoff
- Adaptation : Benjamin Fondane
- Directors of Photography : Nicolas Toporkoff, Victor Gluck
- Music Composers : Arthur Honegger, Arthur Hoeree
- Sound Recordist : Maurice Carrouet
- Author of original work : Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Monde rural
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1934
- French release : 27/12/1934
- Runtime : 1 h 42 min
- Current status : Released
- Approval :
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono