Gaston finally succeeds as a dramatist and decides to leave his wife and child for another woman. When the child dies, the finger is pointed at him and he winds up as a destitute before all is revealed. This film is considered lost.

Reparto

Alfred Abel

Gaston, ein Schriftsteller

Grete Diercks

Jeanne

Rudolf Klein-Rhoden

Untersuchungsrichter

Marga Köhler

Henriettes Mutter

Karl Meinhardt

Adolph

Asta Nielsen

Henriette Mauclerc

Sophie Pagay

Mutter Kathrin

Frida Richard

Haushälterin

Heinz Stieda

Der Abbé