Le roman d'un caissier

Banker's son Georges Raulin steals two thousand francs from cashier Devalence's stack. When Devalence informs his boss, Bahier. There's no questioning his honesty. Bahier soon tracks down that his son did it. Devalence urges Raulin to write a confession, admit his faults, and he will try to get the boy's father to forgive him. However, after he gets the confession, Devalence realizes that Raulin is carrying on an affair with his own daughter, Nita Romani. Overwhelmed, he resigns his position and retires to the suburbs. But although his father forgives him conditionally, Raulin begins to obsess over his confession.

There are a few loose threads in this early French feature, and probably a key mistranslation of a title. However, it's a valiant, although not entirely successful effort tell a more complicated story that a two or three-reel picture might attempt. Furthermore, the acting is far more restrained than the usual French short subject.... although given that I mostly look at comedy shorts, that might not signify anything.