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
Ivan Mosjoukine
Mathias Pascal
Marcelle Pradot
Romilde Pascal
Lois Moran
Adrienne Paleari
Marthe Mellot
Mme Pascal, la mère de Mathias
Pauline Carton
Tante Scholastique
Irma Perrot
Sylvia Caporale
Michel Simon
Jérôme Pomino
Pierre Batcheff
Scipion
Georges Térof
L'amoureux du 12, un joueur
Philippe Hériat
L'aide assesseur
Crew
Marcel L'Herbier
Director, Writer
Luigi Pirandello
Novel
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
Director of Photography
Lazare Meerson
Art Direction
Alberto Cavalcanti
Art Direction
Erik Aaes
Art Direction
