
The Kidnapping 1934
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.
Director: Dimitri Kirsanoff
Cast

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