Unhappy with her humdrum life as a provincial schoolteacher, Audrey Greenwood marries Major Carter, an officer in the British Army whom she does not love. Not long after the wedding Carter is on his way to Malaysia, accompanied by his wife, to take up a post in the British colony. During the long sea voyage, Audrey becomes acquainted with the handsome Prince Selim, the heir to the Malaysian throne. Life in the province of Malacca soon proves disagreeable to the free-spirited Englishwoman and she becomes a social outcast when her amorous affair with the prince is discovered.

Edwige Feuillère
as Audrey Greenwood

Pierre Richard-Willm
as Prince Selim

Betty Daussmond
as Lady Muriel Lyndstone

Jacques Copeau
as Lord Brandmore

Gabrielle Dorziat
as Lady Patricia Brandmore

Jean Debucourt
as Sir Eric Temple

Jean Wall
as Major Carter

William Aguet
as Gérald

René Bergeron
as Doctor

Magdeleine Bérubet
as Mademoiselle Tramont