Released:
1958-02-07

Overview:
Her father having served a prison sentence, there is unending gossiping about Therese's family. Unable to put up with it any longer, the young woman leaves her native village for the canton of Bern where she manages to be hired by Anton Muller, a wealthy, authoritarian farmer. Under the young woman's spell, Anton wants to make his servant his mistress but Thérèse refuses energetically.. Later on, she nevertheless accepts to marry Anton. On the wedding day, she meets Gottfried, her bridegroom's son, and they instantly fall passionately in love with each other.

Director:
Denys de La Patellière

Runtime:
1h 30min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  James Robertson Justice
  as
  Anton Muller
• 
  Françoise Arnoul
  as
  Thérèse Étienne Muller
• 
  Pierre Vaneck
  as
  Gottfried Muller
• 
  Guy Decomble
  as
  Rothlisberger
• 
  Georges Chamarat
  as
  President of the Court