Little Aurore's Tragedy

The story

A little girl wittness the death of her mother- expressly killed through negligence by the woman supposedly nursing the invalid mother back to health. The coniving nurse in turn marries the child's father thereby taking the dead woman's place and becoming the little girl's stepmother. After unwisely revealing to the stepmother that she knows the reason for her mother's death; Aurore is abused by her stepmother who hopes that in torturing the child she can keep her silent. The father, who is absent during the day farming the land, closes his eyes or refuses to believe his new wife is abusive when confronted by the sight of his miserable burnt and beaten child.

Cast & crew

Yvonne LaflammeAurore

Lucie MitchellMarie-Louise

Paul DesmarteauxThéodore

Roch Poulin

Roch PoulinMaurice

Janette BertrandCatherine

Jean LajeunesseAbraham

J. Léo GagnonLe médecin

Marc Forrez

Marc ForrezLe curé

Therese McKinnon

Therese McKinnonDelphine Andois

Nana de Varennes

Nana de VarennesMelvina

Lucie Poitras

Lucie PoitrasCast

Rolland D'AmourLe forgeron