Le Coupable (1917) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1917 · 81 mins · French

Directed by

André Antoine

Starring

Jacques Grétillat, Léon Bernard, Sylvie, Séphora Mossé, Romuald Joubé, René Hiéronimus

During the courtroom proceedings, the prosecuting attorney shockingly reveals that the defendant is his own son, whose tragic circumstances drove him to commit murder. The attorney had abandoned the young man’s pregnant mother, leaving the unmarried, impoverished woman to struggle against an unforgiving society.