Ruth Hellberg gives a performance of compelling intensity in this version of the Maupassant novella. Although the film provides a different starting point for the story (Saval meeting the Marquise at an auction) and  makes Servigny the one who is being introduced rather than Saval, the film develops to become a reasonably faithful adaptation. Apart from Yvette, the three central characters of the Marquise (Käthe Dorsche), Saval (Johannes Rieman) and Servigny (Albert Matterstock) are all well cast and played, but it is Hellberg who shines with an appeal which is at once innocent and erotic. The film adds an amusing sequence in the convent, hinting at the repressed sexuaity of the heroine, and there are some excellent moments when the camera adopts Yvette's subjective view (blacking out as she covers her face, for instance) using techniques which are reminiscent of German Expressionism. For the performance of Ruth Hellberg alone, this entertaining film is worth a look.