大约十六世纪中叶，费拉拉城有两个年轻人，一个名叫法比，一个名叫穆齐。费拉拉城当时在几名伟大的公爵、艺术和诗歌的保护人的统治之下非常兴旺发达。法比和穆齐两人，年龄相若，又是近亲，从不分离，两人之间从小就建立了深厚的友谊。他们属于两个古老的望族，两人都有钱有势，独立不羁，并且都未成家，习惯和爱好，两人也大同小异。穆齐喜爱音乐，法比喜爱绘画。费拉拉全城以两人为骄傲，认为他们是宫廷、社会以及全城最好的装饰品。可是，两人的外貌却不相像，虽然两人都少年英俊，法比是个高个子，淡褐色的头发和脸膛，天蓝色的眼睛，穆齐则是黑头发，脸色黝黑，暗栗色的眼睛里缺乏法比那快快活活的光芒，嘴唇也不像法比那般时时挂着亲切的微笑；窄窄的眼睑之上他的一双浓眉紧锁，而法比的金黄色眉毛则在明朗光滑的前额下微微弯曲成半圆。 穆齐说话，不像法比那么生动活泼。女士们全都同样喜爱这两位朋友，他俩彬彬有礼，慷慨大度，堪称骑士的楷模，难怪博得众女士的青睐。

Following a 19th-century play penned by Benjamin Antier, the figure of Robert Macaire, bandit and rogue, enjoyed popularity in several contexts. One of the most detailed treatments may be found in Epstein’s LES AVENTURES DE ROBERT MACAIRE, which he executed in five interrelated episodes.

Jacques Prémont-Solène is a degenerate gambler and his losses at baccarat have bankrupted his lover, Laure Maresco. When he steals four hundred thousand francs and loses that at the gambling tables, he flees to the United States, and Nathalie takes the blame. Twenty years later, she has a flourishing career as a nightclub singer, but their son is just as inept a gambler as his father had been.

Antinea, the Queen of Atlantis, rules her secret kingdom hidden beneath the Sahara Desert. One day two lost explorers stumble into her kingdom, and soon realize that they haven't really been saved-- Antinea has a habit of taking men as lovers, then when she's done with them, she kills them and keeps them mummified.

1926 film by Jean Renoir

1929 film by Henri Fescourt

1921 film by Jacques Feyder