At trial the prosecuting attorney makes a startling confession: the defendant is his son whose pitiful fate led him to murder. The attorney left the young man's pregnant mother, and the unwed poor thing had to fight against a hostile world.
Romuald Joubé
Chrétien Lescuyer
Sylvie
Louise Rameau
Jacques Grétillat
Prosper Aubry
Léon Bernard
Donadieu - the sculptor
Séphora Mossé
Perrinette
Mona Gondré
Chrétien - as a child
René Hiéronimus
Grosse Caisse
René Rocher
Chrétien Forgeat
At trial the prosecuting attorney makes a startling confession: the defendant is his son whose pitiful fate led him to murder. The attorney left the young man's pregnant mother, and the unwed poor thing had to fight against a hostile world.
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