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
Crew
Dimitri Kirsanoff
Director, Producer
Stefan Markus
Writer, Producer
Benjamin Fondane
Writer
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Novel
Arthur Hoérée
Editor, Original Music Composer
Mario Nalpas
Editor
Jack Salvatori
Editor
Nikolai Toporkoff
Director of Photography
Oskar Schnirch
Director of Photography
Viktor Gluck
Director of Photography
Erwin Scharf
Production Design, Art Direction
Maurice Carrouet
Sound
André Reinhardt
Sound
Arthur Honegger
Original Music Composer
