When handsome Australian sheep rancher Amos Burden (Rod La Rocque) visits the French Riviera, he falls for Russian Princess Nadia Ramiroff (Jetta Goudal). Unfortunately, Nadia is married -- she wed to help her family escape the new communist regime in Russia. As the star-crossed lovers attempt to unite, Nadia's malevolent husband, Ramón Garcia (Noah Beery), works to keep them apart in this silent classic produced by Cecil B. DeMille.