Overview
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.
Cast
- Dita Parlo as Elsi
- Geymond Vital as Firmin
- Jeanne Marie-Laurent as La mère de Firmin
- Auguste Bovério as Mathias - le colporteur
- Dyk Rudens as Hans
- Hans Kaspar Ilg as Gottfried
- Nadia Sibirskaïa as Jeanne
- Lucas Gridoux as Mânu - l'idiot
- Charles Ferdinand Ramuz as Un villageois valaisan
- Joe Alex