Vanina loves rebel leader Octavio, who gets caught. He gets a pardon and marries Vanina. When he is captured again, Vanina helps him to escape prison. They are both caught, and after his execution she dies from grief.
Arthur von Gerlach
Director
Carl Mayer
Writer

Asta Nielsen
Vanina

Paul Wegener
Gouverneur von Turin

Paul Hartmann
Octavio
Albrecht Viktor Blum
Adjutant des Gouverneurs

Bernhard Goetzke
Priester
Raoul Lange
Henker