Against the backdrop of the Bourbon Restoration, Lombard aristocrat Fulvio Imbriani, a former political extremist who once served under Napoleon, is finally released from an Austrian jail, after a lengthy sentence for his part in the secret Sublime Brotherhood.
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The title of the film is the name of a young member of the society (portrayed by Stanko Molnar) playing fatal role in Fulvio's life, which is derived from the first words of La Marseillaise.