Grand Duchess Aurora is forced into an unhappy marriage with Grand Duke Rudolph. After Rudolph's murder by his brother, she flees to Paris, indulging in revelries until she learns of her husband's death. Back in the Kingdom, she falls in love with a tutor and helps him escape her treacherous brother-in-law. The tutor dies at Verdun during the war, and Aurora places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, wondering if it may be his final resting place.