In Russia in the early 1900s, Fedya, a handsome, self-indulgent womanizer, falls in love with and marries Lisa, his friend Victor's fiancée. Fedya quickly tires of domestic life and resumes his profligate ways, drinking and gambling away his family's fortune. Lisa refuses to leave him despite his deplorable ways, so he takes drastic measures to ensure that she will no longer be harmed by his actions and reputation.

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Cast

John Gilbert

Fedya Protasoff

Renée Adorée

Masha

Conrad Nagel

Victor Karenin

Eleanor Boardman

Lisa Protasoff

Claire McDowell

Anna Pavlovna

Nigel De Brulier

Petushkov

Tully Marshall

Artimiev

Mack Swain

Magistrate

Erville Alderson

Bearded Mariner in Cafe

Sidney Bracey

Waiter

Richard Alexander

Policeman

Geraldine Dvorak

Anna Pavlovna's Maid