Plot
Elga Pulsaki (Rita Jolivet) and her brother Ossip (James W. Morrison) emigrate to the United States from Russia to escape persecution. Elga marries Norman Hutchinson (Vincent Serrano), but their marital bliss is torn asunder when Norman learns that Elga had had sex with a government official in Russia who had threatened her brother. Norman throws Elga out of the house, but Norman's sister reminds him that he did not suggest the same course of action for her when she realized her husband (Count de Fernac, played by Pedro de Cordoba) had previously fathered a child out of wedlock. Struck by cognitive dissonance—the unequal treatment of the sexes—Norman apologizes to Elga and they are reunited.[1][2]
Cast
Rita Jolivet as Elga Pulaski
James W. Morrison as Ossip Pulaski
Leah Baird as Helen
Vincent Serrano as Norman Hutchinson
Paul Capellani as Baron Jan Slezak
Helen Arnold as Magda
Pedro de Cordoba as Count de Fernac
Margaret Greene as Renee
Anders Randolf as The Governor, General Gourko
Hassan Mussalli as Feodor Wolski
Walter Gould as Henri