Ein Tiroler Bauer, der nach der Vernichtung des Testaments und nach einem Meineid vor Gericht den Hof an sich gerissen und die Erben geprellt hat, geht, als die Wahrheit herauskommt, an seinem schlechten Gewissen zugrunde. Verfilmung des Theaterstücks von Ludwig Anzengruber mit dem Ensemble der folkloristischen Exl-Bühne. Eine der besten Leistungen des alten deutschen Heimatfilms mit einer hervorragend gestalteten Titelrolle. 

After his stepbrother Jacob dies in an accident, farmer Matthias Ferner learns from Paula, Jacob's spouse of many years, that she and her two children will inherit the whole farm.  She takes over command immediately, failing to realize that Matthias must feel like her servant.  So he searches and destroys his brother's will and even swears perjury in court - but there's a witness he didn't count in.

THERE IS A NEWSREEL PREVIEW BEFORE THE FILM, JUST AS GERMAN AUDIENCES MIGHT HAVE SEEN WHEN THE MOVIE WAS FIRST SHOWN (except this newsreel may not be contemporary to when the film was released).

DVD-R IS IN GERMAN WITH NO SUBTITLES (except for the Newsreel). APPROX. 126 MINS. COMBINED TOTAL. VERY WELL-WORN FILM QUALITY OVERALL, BUT WATCHABLE (JUST BARELY).