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Thérèse Raquin (Gina Manès), an unhappily married woman , aided by her lover Laurent (Hans Adalbert Schlettow), drowns her husband Michaud (Charles Barrois) only to find the guilt of her sin is intolerable.

A man lives alone in the wilderness for years, practically becoming an animal in his mind. When he comes across humans again, they believe him to be a yeti.

A painter (played by Dieterie) falls in love with the daughter (Deyers) of a neighboring count, causing the girl's stepmother to fly into a jealous rage.

Ralph and Gaston, two brothers in a circus tightrope act, quarrel over a woman. Ralph stirs up even more tension when he tries to rescue a young female aerialist from the cruelties of her stepfather, the circus' ringmaster.

Ernst Ritter, a poor composer, writes a great song-hit called " Two Red Roses." He is in love with Friell, a florist's girl. Two financiers agree that their children, Lilli and Erik, are to marry, but the boy refuses as he has become ensnared by Friell. Owing the to number of guests being just thirteen, she is invited to occupy the fourteenth chair at the dinner, which is intended to "announce" Erik's engagement, with the result that the prospective groom pays undue attention to her. There is a scandal and the young man is disinherited. As time passes, however, it becomes clear that the young man is really attracted by Lilli, and recognizing this the florist girl magnanimously makes her rival happy and turns to her faithful composer-sweetheart for happiness.

While proceeding to the seat of war with his young wife, an Italian officer meets an old lover and once again falls to her charms. The ship is wrecked and the three, unknown at first to each other, are saved. The wife, having witnessed her husband's perfidy, joins an old circus clown and hides her identity. Though discovered by a brother officer, she refuses to make herself known until her husband's life is in danger through the treachery of her rival. Her appearance, as his nurse, is the signal for a happy reconciliation.