Il nano rosso (1917)

Leonia is an aristocrat haunted by her dark past. To free herself she murders her husband, but is forced to live with her dead husband's brother Bavam, who is blackmailing Leonia. She falls in love with Paolo and they have a daughter Raffaella. But this happiness is short, because Pavam kills Paolo and give Raffaella to a mysterious midwife called Maria. This midwife has two sons of her own. One is a dwarf with red hair and the other a handsome popular young man. When Pavam tries to steal money off the dwarf he is abused and dies.