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The Kidnapping

Original title: Rapt

1934 · 1 h 23 · Switzerland, France · French

  • Drama

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.

Directed by
Dimitri Kirsanoff
Written by
Benjamin Fondane, Stefan Markus
Based on
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz

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