The Kidnapping

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.

• Dimitri KirsanoffDirector
• Benjamin FondaneWriter
• Stefan MarkusWriter
• Arthur HoneggerOriginal Music Composer
• Arthur HoéréeOriginal Music Composer

• Dita ParloElsi
• Geymond VitalFirmin
• Jeanne Marie-LaurentLa mère de Firmin
• Auguste BovérioMathias - le colporteur
• Dyk RudensHans
• Hans Kaspar IlgGottfried
• Nadia SibirskaïaJeanne
• Lucas GridouxMânu - l'idiot
• Charles Ferdinand RamuzUn villageois valaisan
• Joe AlexCast
• Robert BaggerCast