
The country estate of Count Claudieuse is located near Paris. One night in 1871, it goes up in flames. Two shots are fired, the count is critically injured, and the countess and her children escape the flames with the help of the feeble-minded Cocoleu. Cocoleu accuses Jacques von Beaucoran from the neighboring estate of being the perpetrator. Jacques protests his innocence.

as Gräfin von Claudieuse

as Graf von Claudieuse

as Jacques von Beaucoran

as Marquise von Beaucoran

as Marquis von Beaucoran

as Baron von Chandoré

as Denise von Chandoré

as Maître Magloire

as Untersuchungsrichter Galpin

as Staatsanwalt Daubigeon

as Dr. Seinebos

as Maître Folgat

as Goudar, Polizist im Ruhestand

as Blangin

as Cocoleu