Angela Chiaromonte is the daughter of a wealthy Italian prince who is killed in a fall from his horse. Though Angela stands to inherit half of a large estate, her older half-sister burns the will and thus inherits everything herself, throwing Angela into poverty. Fortunately, Angela is engaged to marry dashing Captain Giovanni Severi - but he soon is captured by Arabs while on an expedition to Africa. Believing him dead, Angela, dedicating her life to his memory, becomes a nun, unaware that her lover has escaped his captors and is returning to Italy. The dramatic climax takes place against a backdrop of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
as Angela Chiaromonte
as Capt. Giovanni Severi
as Marchesa di Mola
as Monsignor Saracinesca
as Prince Chiaromonte
as Madame Bernard
as Prof. Ugo Severi
as Filmore Durand
as Count del Ferice
as Alfredo del Ferice
as Mother Superior
as Gen. Mazzini
as Alfredo's Tutor
as Solicitor to the Prince
as Solicitor to Count
as The Archbishop
as Prof. Torricelli
as The Bedouin Chief
as Lt. Rossini
as Cmdr. Dorato
