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Mathias Pascal, only son of a once-rich family, marries beautiful Romalinda, who has a terrible mother-in-law. She controls her daughter, and soon his home life becomes a nightmare. His only moments of lights are his mother and baby, but both die on the same day. Shocked, he leaves his hometown and goes to Monte Carlo, where he wins a fortune at the casino. Returning home, he reads his own obituary in a paper. They have found a corpse in a creek and connected it with his disappearance. Mathias, noticing that he is now free from all ties to his old life, decides to start a new one.Read moreLess
Mathias Pascal, only son of a once-rich family, marries beautiful Romalinda, who has a terrible mother-in-law. She controls her daughter, and soon his home life becomes a nightmare. His only moments of lights are his mother and baby, but both die on the same day. Shocked, he leaves his hometown and goes to Monte Carlo, where he wins a fortune at the casino. Returning home, he reads his own obituary in a paper. They have found a corpse in a creek and connected it with his disappearance. Mathias, noticing that he is now free from all ties to his old life, decides to start a new one.
The story
Mathias Pascal, only son of a once-rich family, marries beautiful Romalinda, who has a terrible mother-in-law. She controls her daughter, and soon his home life becomes a nightmare. His only moments of lights are his mother and baby, but both die on the same day. Shocked, he leaves his hometown and goes to Monte Carlo, where he wins a fortune at the casino. Returning home, he reads his own obituary in a paper. They have found a corpse in a creek and connected it with his disappearance. Mathias, noticing that he is now free from all ties to his old life, decides to start a new one.
Cast & crew
Ivan MosjoukineMathias Pascal
Marcelle PradotRomilde Pascal
Lois MoranAdrienne Paleari
Marthe MellotMaria Pascal, Mathias's Mother
Pauline CartonScholastique Pascal
Irma PerrotSylvia Caporale
Michel SimonJérôme Pomino
Pierre BatcheffScipion Papiano
Georges TérofLover of Number 12, a Player
Philippe HériatAssessor's AssistantExplore the crew
- Director
- Marcel L'Herbier
- Writer
- Marcel L'Herbier
- Director of Photography
- Fédote Bourgasoff
- Director of Photography
- Jean Letort
- Director of Photography
- Jimmy Berliet
- Director of Photography
- Nikolas Roudakoff
- Director of Photography
- Paul Guichard
- Director of Photography
- René Guichard
- Original Music Composer
- Joseph-Eugène Szyfer