Overview
Mathias Pascal, only son of a once-rich family, marries beautiful Romalinda, who has a terrible mother-in-law. She controls her daughter, and soon his home life becomes a nightmare. His only moments of lights are his mother and baby, but both die on the same day. Shocked, he leaves his hometown and goes to Monte Carlo, where he wins a fortune at the casino. Returning home, he reads his own obituary in a paper. They have found a corpse in a creek and connected it with his disappearance. Mathias, noticing that he is now free from all ties to his old life, decides to start a new one.
Cast
- Ivan Mosjoukine as Mathias Pascal
- Marcelle Pradot as Romilde Pascal
- Lois Moran as Adrienne Paleari
- Marthe Mellot as Mme Pascal, la mère de Mathias
- Pauline Carton as Tante Scholastique
- Irma Perrot as Sylvia Caporale
- Michel Simon as Jérôme Pomino
- Pierre Batcheff as Scipion
- Georges Térof as L'amoureux du 12, un joueur
- Philippe Hériat as L'aide assesseur