In 1798, during his Egyptian campaign, Napoleon Bonaparte began a passionate affair with Pauline Fourès, known as Bellilotte, the wife of an officer. He ruthlessly separates her from her husband and plunges everyone involved into misfortune. What is only an adventure for Napoleon destroys livelihoods ... This tragicomedy about passion, guilt and moral failure comes from the world-famous Austrian author Stefan Zweig. After 1933, the Napoleonic play, which premiered in 1930, was banned.