Her father having served a prison sentence, there is unending gossiping about Therese's family. Unable to put up with it any longer, the young woman leaves her native village for the canton of Bern where she manages to be hired by Anton Muller, a wealthy, authoritarian farmer. Under the young woman's spell, Anton wants to make his servant his mistress but Thérèse refuses energetically.. Later on, she nevertheless accepts to marry Anton. On the wedding day, she meets Gottfried, her bridegroom's son, and they instantly fall passionately in love with each other.
Cast
James Robertson Justice
Anton Muller
Françoise Arnoul
Thérèse Étienne Muller
Pierre Vaneck
Gottfried Muller
Guy Decomble
Rothlisberger
Georges Chamarat
President of the Court
François Chaumette
Prosecutor
René Berthier
Unknown
Roger Burckhardt
Priest
Pierre Collet
Lawyer
Léonce Corne
Notary
Erika Dentzler
Hedwige
Pierre Durou
Unknown
Guy Kerner
Judge
Pierre Leproux
Unknown
Rita Liechti
Frida
Paul Mercey
Léonard
Jacques Monod
Doctor
Christiane Navailles
Sophie
Robert Porte
Félix
Madame Schwitzgebel
Cousin
Josette Vardier
Emma
