The Love of Jeanne Ney 1927

Jeanne Édith Jéhanne Ney is the daughter of André Ney, a French diplomat and political observer stationed in Crimea during the Russian Revolution. To fund his extravagant lifestyle, a scheming figure named Khalibiev Fritz Rasp sells Ney a list of alleged Bolshevik agents. When intruders burst into Ney’s office—led by Jeanne’s lover, Andreas Labov Uno Henning and one of his Bolshevik comrades—a violent confrontation erupts: Ney fires, and is shot dead in return. Soon after, the revolutionary army storms the city. Jeanne flees to Paris with help from a Bolshevik officer, Zacharkiewicz Vladimir Sokoloff, who secretly gives Andreas her address.

In Paris, Jeanne takes a job as a secretary at her uncle Raymond Ney Adolf E. Licho Ney’s detective agency. Khalibiev, loyal to his plan, follows and begins courting Raymond’s blind daughter Gabrielle Margarete Kupfer. His intention is brutal: marry Gabrielle to gain access to her wealth and then murder her for the fortune. A young bar worker named Margot becomes a witness to Khalibiev’s scheme, warning Gabrielle and Raymond. Meanwhile, Andreas, now in Paris as a political agitator, reconnects with Jeanne and the two share a night at a hotel.

Khalibiev slips into Raymond’s office, murders him, and steals a diamond that had been declared missing and then found by one of Raymond’s employees. He frames Andreas by leaving behind Andreas’s coat and a photo, so the police suspect the agitator. When Jeanne learns of Andreas’s arrest, she resolves to clear his name and seeks out Khalibiev in hopes of securing his testimony on Andreas’s behalf. She boards the train Khalibiev uses to flee the city, determined to persuade him. Khalibiev makes a last-ditch, coercive advance toward her and tries to silence her with a handkerchief that exposes the stolen diamond. Jeanne cries for help, and Khalibiev is arrested. In a final, telling moment, the diamond reflects an image of Andreas being released from prison.