The relationship between a painter and his lover fractures after the painter finds out she did not acquire a sum of money by selling his paintings, as she had claimed.

Melodrama with the theme of class difference between a Count and the daughter of a ringmaster. They marry but their environment work against them in all kinds of fronts.

An actor and his wife have a tumultuous relationship. It ends in separation and a child custody battle.

Madame Récamier hosts fashionable and influential salons. Her beauty and intelligence attract many suitors, and her politics put her in conflict with the French government.

A young circus performer enters a relationship with a prince, but is quickly discarded.

Fany, an up and coming dancer, is saved by a sculptor during a theatre fire. The two bond, distressing Fany's fiancee.

A young woman becomes pregnant and is abandoned by her lover, just as her mother had been.

Life is not easy for a young woman with no parents--her mother died and her alcoholic father abandoned her. Nevertheless, she climbs her way out of the underclass, going from prostitute to wife of a count.

Life is not easy for a young woman with no parents--her mother died and her alcoholic father abandoned her. Nevertheless, she climbs her way out of the underclass, going from prostitute to wife of a count.

Life is not easy for a young woman with no parents--her mother died and her alcoholic father abandoned her. Nevertheless, she climbs her way out of the underclass, going from prostitute to wife of a count.