Sisif, a railwayman, saves a young girl named Norma orphaned by a train crash and raises her as his own daughter alongside his son, Elie. As she becomes an adult, Sisif grapples with whether to tell Norma the truth about her parentage.

1927年的默片《拿破仑》的有声重制版，由1927年的原素材与摄于1965至1971年间的新素材。

The plot concerns a comet hurling toward Earth on a collision course and the different reactions to people on the impending disaster.