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The Late Mathias Pascal

The Late Mathias Pascal

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 2, 1925

Runtime

2h 50m

Genres

Drama

User Score

69%

Original Title

Feu Mathias Pascal

Production Companies

Cinégraphic

Director

Marcel L'Herbier

Description

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.