Ariane is a 1931 German drama film directed by Paul Czinner and starring Elisabeth Bergner, Rudolf Forster and Annemarie Steinsieck.

Exiled Russian student Ariane Kusnetzowa has graduated from high school in Zurich.

During a visit to the opera, she meets well-mannered and much older Konstantin Michael, a charming, if somewhat reserved, gentleman and bon vivant.

He starts wooing her, and the young and initially shy girl tries to impress him by pretending to be a seasoned adventuress who already has some experience with men.

At the moment when her strength is about to dwindle, Konstantin Michael lifts the girl onto the train which carries them into a shared future.