
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.
Gräfin von Claudieuse

Graf von Claudieuse

Jacques von Beaucoran
Marquise von Beaucoran

Marquis von Beaucoran
Baron von Chandoré

Denise von Chandoré

Maître Magloire

Untersuchungsrichter Galpin

Staatsanwalt Daubigeon

Dr. Seinebos

Maître Folgat
Goudar, Polizist im Ruhestand
Blangin

Cocoleu
