A blackmailed ex-thief is executed for a murder he didn't commit.

Helder is a happy family man, but one day his wife receives a letter from her brother Albert, who managed to escape from prison.

A wealthy Russian family faces change and challenges as events unfold during the First World War.

Orphaned after the death of their mother, Nancy Grimm and her baby sister Ellen are taken to the country where Ellen is adopted by the wealthy Walsh family. Nancy keenly feels the loss of her sister, and when the judge rules that she cannot visit Ellen without permission, she throws herself onto a bench, winning the sympathy of young a...

The German adopted-daughter of a Belgian innkeeper is threatened with internment by him if she reveals to the British billetees that he is a spy. However, she is in love with one of them and helps them.