Married couple Willy and Therese go separate ways. Willy leaves town and returns years later as a famous singer. But Therese is about to marry her best friend Peter. Little does Willy know that he and Therese have a now teen-aged daughter.
这部无声电影和其他许多在默片时代末期制作的电影一样，既是一部以原创管弦乐配乐为傲的戏剧巨作，又是一部沉寂多年的佳作。卡洛·皮卡迪(Carlo Piccardi)把莫里斯·乔伯特(Maurice Jaubert)的乐谱中剩下的部分重新制作了一遍，原有的片段被修复，并与1988年在巴黎上演的一场新的管弦乐表演相结合。
这部电影讲述了一个女人的痛苦经历，尼娜·佩特罗娜是沙皇军队中一名上校的情妇，生活相当舒适。然而，她遇到了一个身无分文的年轻中尉并疯狂地爱上了他，后者也一样深爱她。尽管尼娜也很想和上校在一起，而上校也想避免与战友之间的麻烦，但又不想放弃，于是悲剧是不可避免的结果。。。
An industrialist (Joseph Cotten) and a pianist (Joan Fontaine) meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they are reported dead in a crash though they weren't on the plane. This gives them the opportunity to live together free from their previous lives. Unfortunately, this artificial arrangement leads to greater and greater stress. Eventually the situation colla...
