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.
Alfred Abel
as Gaston, ein Schriftsteller
Grete Diercks
as Jeanne
Rudolf Klein-Rhoden
as Untersuchungsrichter
Marga Köhler
as Henriettes Mutter
Karl Meinhardt
as Adolph
Asta Nielsen
as Henriette Mauclerc
Sophie Pagay
as Mutter Kathrin
Frida Richard
as Haushälterin
Heinz Stieda
as Der Abbé
