Vania is a political refugee who travels from Russia to the United States. But even in America, she is pursued by assassins known as "the Ring of Death" because she carries certain papers given to her back home by her father. She marries a man who turns out to be a drug addict, and in a heated argument, she shoots him. A young lawyer defends her, then falls in love with her.
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Emmy Wehlen as Vania
Stuart Holmes as Clifford Howard
Wyndham Standing as Hugh Mason
Julia Swayne Gordon as Countess Vera Lobanoff
Rafael Bongini as Serge Ostrowski
F. French as Gregory Lobanoff
United States 04 April 1920
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20 May 1920
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11 January 1920
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16 October 1920
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05 September 1920
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16 August 1920
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21 October 1920
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