A captain saves a kidnapped magnate from a nursing home run by foreign agents.
A poor fisherman's wife sends the remaining family members, her two sons, out to sea on a boat that has seen better days.
Count De Grancé have two degenerate children. For the adolescent daughter there is still some hope, as her main vice appears to be that she devours the novels of Emile Zola. The son leads a dissolute life in gambling dens, where he cheats at cards, and in night-clubs he associates with dancers. [As of 2024, it appears only a 12-minute fragment of the film survives, at EYE Filmmuseum.]
