The Dreyfus Affair of the 18th Century!
A courier carrying a large sum of money intended for Bonaparte's army is attacked. A miscarriage of justice will lead an innocent person to the guillotine.
President Gohier
The lawyer of Lesurques
The public prosecutor
Pierre Choppart
Pierre Lesurques
Notary's Son (uncredited)
Pierre-Joseph Lesurques
Mina Lesurques - The Wife of the Accused
The prosecutor - Judge Daubenton
Blind witness
Madeleine Brebant
Eugénie Dargence
Claudine Faugier-Odot
Valentin Durochat
Courriol
Jean Bruer
Franck Excofon
The jeweler Eugène Legrand
Jean Delafolie
Guénot
The woman Grossetête
The daughter Sauton
Madame Tallien
Margot Lesurques