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During the time of the French revolution, female criminals are
deported to the "Devil's Island" where they in return for a better treatment
have to give themselves to the soldiers. Martine, a young and proud aristocratic woman
refuses to degrade herself and is resigned to be tormented forever. Her sister Jeanette,
also a prisoner on the island, consents to spending the night with the island's captain,
Le Favre, in order to find out where the gold, necessary for an escape, is stored. Her
plan fails as she is killed and the other would be escapees are tortured. Shortly
thereafter, Henry Valliere, comes to replace Le Favre and his first act is to set free the
would-be escapees. |
