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.
Иван Мозжухин
as Mathias Pascal
Marcelle Pradot
as Romilde Pascal
Lois Moran
as Adrienne Paleari
Marthe Mellot
as Mme Pascal, la mère de Mathias
Pauline Carton
as Tante Scholastique
Irma Perrot
as Sylvia Caporale
Michel Simon
as Jérôme Pomino
Pierre Batcheff
as Scipion
Georges Térof
as L'amoureux du 12, un joueur
Philippe Hériat
as L'aide assesseur
