Approaching the end of his twenties and his relative youth, a man decides to quit his cushy desk job and 'embrace life' - only to realize he has no idea what to do with this newfound freedom....
Follows descendants of the survivors from the Clotilda, the last ship that carried enslaved Africans to the United States, as they reclaim their story....
里奥（约翰·吉尔伯特 John Gilbert 饰）和乌尔里希（拉尔斯·汉森 Lars Hanson 饰）是从小玩到大的好友，两人之间的友谊十分的坚实。一次偶然中，里奥邂逅了名为费莉希蒂（葛丽泰·嘉宝 Greta Garbo 饰）的女人，虽然费莉希蒂已经结了婚，但是他们依然不可自持的坠入了情网之中。在一次偷情的过程中，费莉希蒂的丈夫意外归来撞破了奸情，在决斗中，里奥获胜了。之后，身败名裂的里奥被上...
