During the students ' rebellion against Nicholas the Second in Russia, Viana tries to kill the governor but it's her lover who is arrested and sent to a sinister fortress : hence the title. To help the prisoner,Vania marries the officer who commands the place. There the convicts have really a bad time, but Vania manages to communicate with her dear captive. But beware of informers.
Director
Marcel L'Herbier
Annabella
Viana Volonska
Pierre Renoir
Colonel-Count Stepan Iporievich
Bernard Lancret
César Birsky
Pierre Alcover
The Governor of Warsaw
Paul Amiot
Vladorowsky
Mady Berry
The landlady of the hotel
Pauline Carton
The landlady
Henry Darbray
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
The butler's daughter
Gilberte Géniat
Catherine
Claire Gérard
The nanny
Fabien Loris
The 836
Georges Melchior
Nevitzky
Marthe Mellot
Joséphine
André Nox
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