The Daily Bread

Overview

A clerk is unable to keep his wife and family in comfort, and he asks his manager for an increase. But a girl has offered her services to the manager, and as she is willing to accept a smaller wage he engages her instead and tells the man that he can go. The clerk resolves to go to the girl and ask her to give up her place, but she refuses. She discovers he has left his umbrella behind, and finds him just moving, away with his two little children. The girl's heart is touched, and she leads them into the house and warms them at the fire, and writes a letter to the manager, saying she wishes to give up her place, and begging him to take back her predecessor.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 20, 1911

Original language

XX

Countries

France

Production

Gaumont

Cast

Henri Duval

Director

Louis Feuillade

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0988889