Prince Sacha studies in Paris and cares more for Marianne than about Silistrie, the country his family was exiled from. But Chautard, a French financier, who has business there (the country is rich in oil), wouldn't mind a little political stability. So why not restore the ancient royal family to the throne But is Prince Sacha up to his role And will Marianne make a suitable...
Lyria, a faded beauty who runs a seedy waterfront bar, is madly in love with Bob, a crooked attorney. Bob can't bring himself to confess his love for Minnie, the pretty daughter of Simon, a safe cracker. In order to run away with her, Bob, one of the masterminds of a big-time robbery, betrays his friends. But Lyria, who has found out what is happening, makes Minnie fall into a ...
拉莫尔（阿曼多·弗兰西欧利 Armando Francioli 饰）和高格纳斯（亨利·热内斯 Henri Génès 饰）分别是新教和天主教的代表，一天，两人在旅馆里相遇，因为信仰的不同，两人之间爆发了激烈的冲突，与此同时，卢浮宫国王的妹妹玛戈（让娜·莫罗 Jeanne Moreau 饰）嫁给了不同教派的亨利（安德烈·维里尼 André Versini 饰），这场离经叛道的婚礼惹得众人议论纷纷。
拉莫尔要送的信件落到了查理九世（罗伯特·波特尔 Robert Portal 饰）的手中，查理九世这才知道，太后背着他谋划了一场正对新教徒的屠杀，虽然查理九世非常愤怒的谴责了太后，但为时已晚，残暴的屠杀已经拉开了序幕。
