阿丝塔·妮尔森扮演的汉娜，她的父亲沉迷酒精。她为欣赏她的、视她为为美的化身、于她如父亲般的画家作模特，并发生了爱情。一段时间后画家离开了汉娜，汉娜失意之下开始酗酒。后来画家归来，没有认出酗酒的汉娜却还是为她着迷，带她去画室想以她为模特塑造酒精成瘾的形象。看清自己、自己的爱情和美丽不过是艺术祭坛牺牲的汉娜，摧毁了画布。

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.

Prague, Bohemia, 1820. Balduin, a penniless student, falls in love with Countess Margit, a wealthy noblewoman whom he has saved from drowning.