Jules Mary

A mother of three escapes the death sentence during her poisoning trial. After spending ten years in prison, she finds her children and rebuilds her family.

An industrialist is falsely accused of murdering one of his creditors and, because he cannot reveal that it was his mistress who gave him the money needed to pay the debt, he is sentenced to life in prison. He escapes, makes a fortune, and, years later, discovers the real culprit.

Roger Laroque, an honest industrialist, is the victim of a criminal machination by Julia de Noirville, his possessive and jealous mistress allied to the perfidious Paul Luversan, meant to make Roger take responsibility for the crime he himself committed. Laroque is sent to prison, from where he escapes by sea. When he is reported missing, it looks like he drowned. But he reappears with revenge as his objective. He also wants his daughter Suzanne back. For his wife, it's too late, she died of grief.

Julien Villandrit is the owner of the estate of Les Basses-Bruyères and its textile factory, where the manager is his childhood friend Corradin. Julien marries his neighbour Régine, unaware that Corradin also loves her. Julien is sent to gaol for a murder actually committed by Corradin. The only witness to the truth is the woodsman Rudeberg and Corradin buys his silence by paying for the education of his son Pascal. Julien's struggle to clear his name and to rescue Régine and their daughter Christiane from Corradin's scheming extends over many years and faces many setbacks.

1871. Roger Laroque accuses himself of a crime he did not commit to save his mistress, Julia de Noirville, from dishonor. He escapes from prison and is considered dead for fourteen years. Then he returns in the guise of a rich American in order to unmask the real murderer.

Roger Laroque is now a rich man. He returns to France under the name of William Farnell. There, he discovers that on the one hand his wife has died of a broken heart and on the other that his daughter Suzanne is in love with Raymond de Noirville, the son of his former mistress. With the help of a few friends, Roger coldly prepares his revenge.

The film, shot in Nice, was started by Jean Epstein, and the editing finished by Maurice Mariaud, who had just shot The Adventurer

Julien Villandrit owns a textile factory whose manager, Henri Corrandi, is his childhood friend. Both love the same woman, Régine de Bettigny, who grants her hand to Villandrit. Mad with jealousy, Corradin will use all means to break up the couple: he does not hesitate to compromise Régine, to send Julien to prison for a crime he did not commit, to spread misfortune. But despite a long and painful separation, Julien and Régine will find each other, still bound by the same love.

Hussein and Qasim participate in a dance group with Karawan. Debts accumulate on the group, which leads to the separation of the two partners. Each of them goes to the teacher Tafeeda. A dispute occurs between Hussein and the nanny. At the time, Qasim goes to borrow money and finds the nanny murdered. Hussein's wife sees a person coming out of the nanny's house who looks like her husband, so she believes that he is the killer. He is arrested and his lawyer friend tries to find out the truth, but he disappears, because at the same time that the nanny was murdered, he was cheating on him with his wife.

Unfairly accused of her husband's murder, a woman is imprisoned.

Conditions worsen for the wealthy husband after he marries one of the dancers. He decides to divorce his wife, so he enrolls his daughter in a boarding school so that she can be away from her mother. The father loses his wealth and works in a menial job. Before the dancer dies, she calls her daughter Nemat and tells her where her father is. The father is accused of a crime and enters. Imprisoned for several months, the cabaret owner courtes the dancer's daughter, which creates trouble with his mistress, who suspects that he is her father, and the girl turns to a man who used to love her.