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The Kidnapping
The Kidnapping
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The Kidnapping

1934
Directed byDimitri Kirsanoff
1h 23m

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 ParloElsiGeymond VitalFirmin
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Jeanne Marie-Laurent
La mère de Firmin
Auguste BovérioMathias - le colporteur
Dyk RudensHans
Hans Kaspar IlgGottfried
Nadia SibirskaïaJeanne
Lucas GridouxMânu - l'idiot
Charles Ferdinand RamuzUn villageois valaisan
Joe Alex
DETAILS
GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.8

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