A man is accused of not being the person he claims to be (a wealthy industrialist) but rather a lowly crook wanted by the law. Fact is, he returned from World War One with amnesia and (if I understand correctly) was recognized as said industrialist by the latter's wife. He then assumed he really was this person. In the trial, a man testifies in his favor saying he knew the lowly criminal in question and that he saw him die.
A mediocre drama with, in my view, a plot hole: after a man testifies in court it is unlikely that he will blackmail someone because it would be hard for him to recant from his testimony. There are other implausible points in the film, but they are not worth mentioning. The story (by one Hans Kafka) was filmed at several occasions (one of which is Sommersby).
Rating: 32
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