A doctor passionate about research leaves an uncle with an inheritance to die, knowing that he is the legatee. His work succeeds, but overcome by remorse, the doctor tries to commit suicide. He is saved thanks to the understanding of his wife and they both leave for the East to do research on...
A very rich businessman, knight of the Legion of Honor, bets that he can start his career from scratch. After all kinds of adventures, he climbs the ladder of society and, having become rich again, finds love and a new fortune.
Bernard Lefrancois is a prosperous farmer on the River Marne, while his neighbor is impoverished. Lefrancois objects strongly to the romance between his son and the neighbor's daughter, but it continues in secret. WWI begins and the son becomes an aviator with the French army, and the unwed girl...
The duel between a Czarist general and a lieutenant, over the general's wife, is postponed with war approaching. Years later, the rivals meet again but the general realizes his wife has been faithful to him after all.
M. Monet, a talented musician, loves his young wife Louise dearly. But Louise has a lover, Maurice Dartois. When Monet finds out that Louise cheats on him he gets so furious that Louise, scared to death, leaves the marital home and finds refuge at Maurice's. The trouble is that Maurice, who wants...
Georges Vinot nicknamed Bouboule, a colorful but naive Parisian, falls prey to a gang of diamond thieves. Not only do they manipulate him into smuggling stolen precious stones into Senegal but they have bought life insurance on his head, which means they are prepared to do anything to liquidate...
Jeff and Luck, seal hunters aboard The Viking, both love the same girl. She loves Luck but fears Jeff. Lost in the ice following a storm, Luck saves Jeff, who disappears so as not to be an obstacle to the love of the two young people.
