a silent movie by Robert Wiene

A Japanese merchant attempts to drive one of his rivals mad by impersonating a man he had once murdered.

Rita is a thief. With the complicity of her father, a seasoned criminal, she seduces a young heir, Jean Frémeaux, who, after quickly unmasking her, seeks to remove her from his environment. But, out of love, she reluctantly involves him in a casino scam to help him win.

A séance proves a ghost compelled a spiritualist to kill his rich father.

'Woman shelters epileptic son when he kills prostitute.' (British Film Catalogue)

A henpeck man inherits a fortune and starts a club for women-haters.