Summary Based on the story by Honoré de Balzac. Caught in a storm, two young doctors book into an inn for the night and find themselves sharing a room with a Dutch diamond merchant. During the night Prosper steals from the merchant, but when he awakes in the morning he finds the merchant dead and his friend gone. When the stolen property is found on him he is arrested for the crime and executed. 25 years later the innkeeper's daughter relates the tale to a traveler, who in turn later relates it at a dinner party. At that party is Frederic Taillefer, the missing friend and murderer. View more details
Directed : Jean Epstein
Written : Honoré de Balzac Jean Epstein
Stars : Gina Manès Marcelle Schmitt Madame Delaunay Clairette de Savoye
Genres : Drama
Release date : Sep 27, 1923
Countries of origin : France
Language : French None
Filming locations : Château de Vincennes, Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France
Production companies : Pathé Frères
Summary Based on the story by Honoré de Balzac. Caught in a storm, two young doctors book into an inn for the night and find themselves sharing a room with a Dutch diamond merchant. During the night Prosper steals from the merchant, but when he awakes in the morning he finds the merchant dead and his friend gone. When the stolen property is found on him he is arrested for the crime and executed. 25 years later the innkeeper's daughter relates the tale to a traveler, who in turn later relates it at a dinner party. At that party is Frederic Taillefer, the missing friend and murderer. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Sep 27, 1923
Countries of origin : France
Language : French None
Filming locations : Château de Vincennes, Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France
Production companies : Pathé Frères
