During the students ' rebellion against Nicholas the Second in Russia, Viana tries to kill the governor but it's her lover who is arrested and sent to a sinister fortress : hence the title. To help the prisoner,Vania marries the officer who commands the place. There the convicts have really a bad time, but Vania manages to communicate with her dear captive. But beware of informers.
as Viana Volonska
as Colonel-Count Stepan Iporievich
as César Birsky
as The Governor of Warsaw
as Vladorowsky
as The landlady of the hotel
as The landlady
as The butler's daughter
as Catherine
as The nanny
as The 836
as Nevitzky
as Joséphine
as The other landlady
as An insurgent
as The captain
as The spy
as The guardian
as Bartek
as (uncredited)
as Officer (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Vania as a child (uncredited)
as Kerlov (uncredited)
as Granoff, prison Chief (uncredited)
as Officer at the citadel (uncredited)
as Bearer (uncredited)
