A green mare makes the fortune of her owner, the horse dealer Haudouin. Shortly after his death, war broke out in 1870. One day, his neighbor Zèphe Maloret denounces Honoré, Haudouin's son, a maverick, to the Prussians. Following this denunciation, their non-commissioned officer enters the Haudouin home and rapes the mother while Honoré is hidden under the bed. The resentment already existing between the Haudouin and Maloret families turns to hatred... A letter recalling the events is lost, which doesn't help matters.
as Honoré Haudouin
as Ferdinand Haudouin
as Zèphe Maloret
as Margerite Maloret
as Philibert
as Juliette Haudouin
as Anaïs Maloret
as Toucheur
as Mother Haudouin
as Jules Haudouin
as Ernest Haudoin, the son
as Adélaïde Haudoin
as Noël Maloret
as Aline
as Prussian non-commissioned officer
as Painter
as Mouton
as Hélène Haudoin
as Feldwebel who rapes mother Haudoin
as Frédéric Maloret
as Déodat, postman
as Cemetery employee (uncredited)
as Tintin Maloret (uncredited)
