The Kidnapping

The Kidnapping

83 mins | Drama | Nov. 23, 1934

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.

The Kidnapping

83 mins | Drama | Nov. 23, 1934

The Kidnapping
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Mentor-Film
Original title Rapt
Directors Dimitri Kirsanoff
Writers Stefan Markus, Benjamin Fondane, Charles Ferdinand Ramuz

Cast

Dita Parlo

as Elsi

Geymond Vital

as Firmin

Jeanne Marie-Laurent

as La mère de Firmin

Auguste Bovério

as Mathias - le colporteur

Dyk Rudens

as Hans

Hans Kaspar Ilg

as Gottfried

Nadia Sibirskaïa

as Jeanne

Lucas Gridoux

as Mânu - l'idiot

Charles Ferdinand Ramuz

as Un villageois valaisan