A Republican Marriage (1911)

Helene de la Croix, an aristocrat of a proud and passionate disposition, has been brought up to look upon the peasants as little more than cattle. Bernard, a blacksmith, conceives a passion for her. She is storm stayed in an old hunting lodge, which is struck by lightning, and Bernard rescues her from the burning building. Her castle is besieged by the Revolutionary soldiers. Bernard, now a sergeant in the army, pleads for her, renounces his allegiance to the Republic, espouses her cause, and chooses death with her rather than freedom without her.

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