Based on Franz Lehar's operetta, about the first woman whom the great German writer Goethe fell in love with.

A British playboy in Paris marries a dancer and convinces her to give up her career to move to a small cottage in the country. One night at a party given by her former manager, she is persuaded to perform one of the dances she was renowned for. That leads to a fight with her husband, who runs out of the party in the middle of a raging storm. Her subsequent search for him ends up placing her life in danger.

The tumultuous life of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia.

a silent movie by Robert Wiene

A silent movie by Robert Wiene