Cortez sends Alvarado to Montezuma who throws him into a dungeon from which he is rescued by Tecza who loves him. He is recaptured when her lover Guatemoco finds Alvarado hiding in her chambers. Tecza next leads Cortez into the city, thus causing the destruction of her nation and securing the love of Alvarado.
Geraldine Farrar
as Tecza
Wallace Reid
as Alvarado
Raymond Hatton
as Montezuma
Hobart Bosworth
as Cortez
Theodore Kosloff
as Guatemoco
Ramon Novarro
as Aztec Man (uncredited)
Walter Long
as High Priest Taloc
Julia Faye
as Tecza's Handmaiden
Olga Grey
as Aztec Woman
Charley Rogers
as Cacamo
