赫勒（爱米尔·强宁斯 Emil Jannings 饰）是杂耍班的演员，他和妻子伯特纳（梅丽· 戴尔沙夫特 Maly Delschaft 饰）合作表演的空中飞人项目深受观众们的喜爱。然而，随着时间的推移，伯特纳的身材渐渐走形，已经不再适合表演空中飞人了，无奈之下，赫勒带着她来到了位于德国汉堡的另一间杂耍班谋生。 贝尔特（利亚·德·普提 Lya De Putti 饰）是常常来看演出的观众，在赫勒的见一下，她开始尝试登台表演，谁知道贝尔特的表演大受欢迎，就这样，贝尔特成为了杂耍班的红人。在朝夕相处之中，赫勒喜欢上了年轻貌美的贝尔特，他无情的抛弃了妻子，和贝尔特私奔了。
A cataclysmic event serves as the backdrop for a passionate affair between two individuals torn between desire and the constraints of their circumstances.
Jean Monier is a disillusioned lawyer, appointed to defend Nicolas Milik, a man accused of murdering his wife. While everything points to his guilt, Monier takes up the case, convinced of his innocence. As his investigations kept him back to the night of
A committed couple finds their life slipping away, not because they’ve done anything in particular, but because their history is unwriting itself. Sort of.
