Maurice Dekobra

"Poisoner" - After her fiancé is arrested Claire finds herself alone and forced to find work. She is hired by a country squire, Etienne de Montenoy, as the tutor of his goddaughter. It does not take long before Montenoy falls for her but a little longer before the young woman, reluctant at first, understands Etienne loves her truly and then requites his love. Etienne lives so happily with her that he decides to make her his heir. Shortly after, he is murdered by poison...

"Poisoner" - After her fiancé is arrested Claire finds herself alone and forced to find work. She is hired by a country squire, Etienne de Montenoy, as the tutor of his goddaughter. It does not take long before Montenoy falls for her but a little longer before the young woman, reluctant at first, understands Etienne loves her truly and then requites his love. Etienne lives so happily with her that he decides to make her his heir. Shortly after, he is murdered by poison...

A supposedly dead writer suddenly turns up to confront the young woman who is using his penname.

In Macao, where places of pleasure and arms trafficking are concentrated, a tragedy opposes an adventurer and his daughter whom he has brought up in ignorance of his profession. She is torn from her environment and saved from tragedy by a young journalist who loves her.

A wealthy banker, bored with his life, heads to the Latin Quarter of Paris where he pretends to be a struggling artist. He falls in love with a student from the Sorbonne and moves into the same boarding house as her while continuing his pretence of poverty.

Based on a novel by Maurice Dekobra, the film is set in the Yoshiwara, the red-light district of Tokyo, in the nineteenth century. It depicts a love triangle between a high-class prostitute, a Russian naval officer, and a rickshaw man.

British Army captain Geoff Roberts carries on an affair with Alva, the wife of the cruel Victor Sangrito. Sangrito, however, is well aware of the affair, as he uses his beautiful wife to lure men into romance with her, then blackmailing them to save their careers.

Berlin, the center of pleasures and kingdom of small virtues. From all over Germany, young night owls come to burn themselves cheerfully in its lights, to drown in its champagne and fill its boxes and restaurants until dawn.

A wealthy man pretends to be a starving artist to gain the affections of a young painter.

A wealthy man pretends to be a starving artist to gain the affections of a young painter.

Marquês Sévéro, parisiense rico e preguiçoso, quer se divorciar para poder casar com sua afilhada Denise. Mas a própria Denise ama André Berval, engenheiro contratado pelo marquês. Cheio de ciúmes, o Marquês envia André às Antilhas, para prospectar terras que acaba de adquirir. Ele promete a André que pode se casar com Denise se tiver sucesso nos trópicos, mas depois escreve para Alvarez, seu empresário no local, pedindo-lhe que impeça André de voltar para a França. Alvarez cria ódio instantâneo por André quando o engenheiro impede Alvarez de estuprar Papitou, uma bela garota nativa. Papitou se torna dedicada a André e o protege contra os esquemas de Alvarez. Mas ela mesma enfrenta uma crise ao saber que André planeja se casar com Denise.

The main occupation of the beautiful Lady Diana Winham is to travel through Europe in luxury trains. She also owns a uranium mine that is of interest to many people.