A young woman, Margaret Dauncey, is caught between the forces of a charlatan magician, Oliver Haddo, whom she is unable to resist, and the love of a handsome surgeon, Arthur Burdon, who has saved her from being a helpless cripple by performing a delicate operation on her spine.
Alice Terry
as Margaret Dauncey
Paul Wegener
as Oliver Haddo
Firmin Gémier
as Dr. Porhoët
Iván Petrovich
as Dr. Arthur Burdon
Gladys Hamer
as Susie Boyd
Henry Wilson
as Haddo's Servant
Hubert I. Stowitts
as Dancing Faun
Claude Fielding
as Dancing Faun (uncredited)
Gerald Fielding
as Dancing Faun (uncredited)
Rosita Garcia
as Young Woman Bitten by Snake (uncredited)
Michael Powell
as Man with Balloon at Snake Charming (uncredited)