The Kidnapping (1934)
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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.
- Date of release
- 1934-11-23
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Dimitri Kirsanoff
Casting
- Dita Parlo — Elsi
- Geymond Vital — Firmin
- Jeanne Marie-Laurent — La mère de Firmin
- Auguste Bovério — Mathias - le colporteur
- Dyk Rudens — Hans
- Hans Kaspar Ilg — Gottfried
- Nadia Sibirskaïa — Jeanne
- Lucas Gridoux — Mânu - l'idiot
- Charles Ferdinand Ramuz — Un villageois valaisan
- Joe Alex
- Robert Bagger
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