Canio and his Comedia dell'Arte troupe tour Italy. His wife Nedda meets a young cadet and they plan to elope. He tries to leave her when he finds how important she is for his husband, but a rejected trouper interferes. As jealous Canio suspects the truth the tragedy approaches. The film was partly made in Ufacolor.
Key credits listed on this page include Karl Grune, Roger Burford, Monckton Hoffe, Ernest Betts, Richard Tauber, Steffi Duna, Diana Napier, and Esmond Knight.