The first tropical talkie, with the beat of tom-toms and the wailing chant of natives as a background to the sensuous Slavic intonations of the blonde Baclanova. As the Russian wife of a British commissioner in a far African post, she cannot resist seducing her husband's young assistants, while he looks on in futile anguish. His manhood asserts itself when his young brother hears the siren song. Penetrating drama.