Film
The Kidnapping
1934 · 1h 23m · Drama
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- 7.3
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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.
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
Robert Bagger
Crew
- Dimitri KirsanoffDirector · Producer
- Stefan MarkusProducer · Writer
- Benjamin FondaneWriter
- Charles Ferdinand RamuzNovel
- Nikolai ToporkoffDirector of Photography
- Oskar SchnirchDirector of Photography
- Viktor GluckDirector of Photography
- Arthur HoneggerOriginal Music Composer
- Arthur HoéréeEditor · Original Music Composer
- Mario NalpasEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- November 23, 1934
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Drama
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