It is directed by the Egyptian film director Ezz El-Dine Zulficar and based on Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel, Anna Karenina.

[1] Taher Pasha (Zaki Rostom), a wealthy and powerful man, falls in love with Nawal (Faten Hamama) and decides to marry her.

After their wedding, Nawal's life turns into a miserable one, living lonely in the Pasha's house.

[1][2] For months the lovers keep their relationship a secret, until Taher Pasha finds out that his wife might be having an affair.

Taher Pasha sends some of his people to spy on her and receives pictures clearly showing Nawal with Khalid.