The beautiful Thaïs Galitzy plays Vera, a Slavic countess, a seductress who drags married men to the brink of ruin. When she seduces the husband of her best friend, all involved meet a nasty fate.

Directed Anton Giulio Bragaglia, notable for incorporating contemporary Futurist art movement into the set designs.

A woman wears a turtle pendant as a sign of how she keeps her distance from men and marriage.

A bersagliere separates from his wife and little son to go and serve his homeland in the First World War. While the woman experiences the separation anxiously, the little one is sure that the father will return victorion, and tries to console the mother. One evening, playing with the soldiers, the baby falls asleep. The soldiers come alive and give life to a battle scene. The image then blurs to show the real battle in which dad participates victoriously. A few days later, in fact, he returns home, happy to be able to hug his loved ones again.