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.

Ivan Mosjoukine
as Mathias Pascal

Marcelle Pradot
as Romilde Pascal

Lois Moran
as Adrienne Paleari

Marthe Mellot
as Maria Pascal, Mathias's Mother

Pauline Carton
as Scholastique Pascal

Irma Perrot
as Sylvia Caporale

Mireille Barsac
as Fisherman's Widow

Michel Simon
as Jérôme Pomino

Isaure Douvan
as Batta Maldagna

Pierre Batcheff
as Scipion Papiano