"A street merchant (de Féraudy) is unjustly accused by Police Agent 64 (Oudart) of having cried 'Death to the cows' and is sent to prison. When he is released he becomes a tramp and befriends a small boy (Forest). 'I really don't remember that there were so many things in my novel,' said Anatole France after having seen the film. Although Crainquebille is best known for its somewhat impressionistic effects (the trial scene with the enormous judge looming over the tiny Crainquebille), Feyder also brought to it a personal vision of Paris and of the working-class districts through which this film heralded the poetic realism of the thirties. Crainquebille was deeply admired by Griffith and has become a classic. Striking performance by de Féraudy." Georges Sadoul, Dictionary of Films With Crainquebille will be another rare surprise, this time from Luis Delluc, La Femme de Nulle.