In 1921, we follow two women - Marie and Grete - from the same poor Viennese neighborhood, as they try to better the lives of themselves and their families during the period of Austrian postwar hyperinflation.

玛格达满足她的未婚夫，他邀请她去看望他和他的父母。在访问他们，一个马戏团来到镇上和玛格达问她的未婚夫送她去演出。随后在玛格达的艺术家表演的兴趣之一，她的未婚夫变得嫉妒，并带来了她的家。艺术家遵循透过窗户进入她的房间。她与艺术家留下一个告别便条逃跑。未婚夫后位于玛格达，但她拒绝了他。我们看到玛格达在舞台上进行舞蹈高乔周围的人谁她绑了一个套索但后来在另一个女人的艺术家表演的兴趣的艺术家。玛格达变得嫉妒，并开始战斗，其得到她和艺术家解雇。她发现工作由这一次她的前未婚夫再次看见她一个钢琴演奏家。他送她一张纸条，要求她和他见面。艺术家如下玛格达，打断了他们的会议，并抛出未婚夫走出了房间。玛格达开始在此期间，艺术家下降死在地板上一拼。警方到达和逮捕玛格达里只剩下了未婚夫的身影。撰稿弗兰克Dabelstein {} frank@dabelstein.dk

收到了父亲的死讯后，丹麦王子哈姆雷特（阿丝塔·妮尔森 Asta Nielsen 饰）匆匆赶回了自己的国家，回国后，哈姆雷特才发现，周遭的一切都发生了剧变，叔叔克劳狄斯（爱德华·冯·温特施泰因 Eduard von Winterstein 饰）继位，母亲格特鲁德（Mathilde Brandt 饰）则成为了克劳狄斯的王后。
父亲鬼魂（Paul Conradi 饰）的出现让哈姆雷特愈加相信，这一切，包括父亲的死，都是克劳狄斯蓄意所为，为了复仇，哈姆雷特不惜装疯卖傻，以此逃脱克劳狄斯的迫害。一次意外中，哈姆雷特误杀了恋人奥菲利亚（Lilly Jacobson 饰）的父亲波洛涅斯（Hans Junkermann 饰），奥菲利亚精神错乱坠河溺亡，之后，格特鲁德也死于非命。最终，悲愤交加的哈姆雷特将利刃指向了克劳狄斯。

When Hedda is about to appear on stage in Ostende she borrows a piece of jewelry from her fiancé, de Rochord. When a gang of thieves steals it, he calls off the engagement, but Hedda solves the crime singlehandedly and the two are reunited.

Stella, a circus princess, has two suitors: young, handsome Count Waldberg and the greying, hidebound jeweller Hirsch. Stella’s love for Waldberg drives Hirsch mad with jealousy. He will stop at nothing to be near the woman of his dreams. When the count loses a staggering sum to the jeweller in a gambling duel, Stella embarks on a fateful mission to save her beloved’s honour. (Stumfilm.dk)

Jenny, a cleaner, is seduced by a local playboy, Edouard. Jenny's parents reject her after she spends the night with him. She finds a job as a vaudeville dancer, but ultimately winds up in the gutter.

1913 film by Urban Gad

Film star Ruth Breton has a habit of falling in love. When dating Walter she meets Von Zornhorst. When Zornhorst discards her, she pines away. As a last token of his love for Ruth, Walter writes a play for her, but during the final act of "Pierrot's Death", Ruth expires.