The American

Christopher Newman, an American millionaire in France, falls in love with the aristocratic Claire de Bellegarde. Her family, however, taken aback by his brash American manner, rejects his proposal of marriage. When Newman discovers a guilty secret in the Bellegardes' past, he confronts a moral dilemma: Should he expose them and gain his revenge?

Christopher Newman, un milionar american din Franta, se indragosteste de aristocrata Claire de Bellegarde. Familia acesteia, insa, surprinsa de manierele sale americane obraznice, ii respinge cererea in casatorie.