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.
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Dita Parlo
Elsi
Dimitri Kirsanoff
Director
Stefan Markus
Writer
Benjamin Fondane
Writer
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Novel
Stefan Markus
Producer
Dimitri Kirsanoff
Producer
Nikolai Toporkoff
Director of Photography
Oskar Schnirch
Director of Photography
Viktor Gluck
Director of Photography
Arthur Honegger
Original Music Composer
Arthur Hoérée
Original Music Composer
Jack Salvatori
Editor
Mario Nalpas
Editor
Arthur Hoérée
Editor
Erwin Scharf
Production Design
