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.
| Directing | Marcel L'Herbier | Director |
| Writing | Marcel L'Herbier | Writer |
| Writing | Luigi Pirandello | Novel |
| Art | Lazare Meerson | Art Direction |
| Art | Alberto Cavalcanti | Art Direction |
| Art | Erik Aaes | Art Direction |
| Camera | Fédote Bourgasoff | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jean Letort | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jimmy Berliet | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Nikolas Roudakoff | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Paul Guichard | Director of Photography |
| Camera | René Guichard | Director of Photography |
