The film stars Pauline Frederick, Frank Losee, John St. Polis, Pedro de Cordoba, and Thomas Meighan.

She earns her living selling flowers but, one evening, while looking for customers in a restaurant, her beauty catches the attention of Caoudal, a famous sculptor who takes her as his model.

At a great ball, where she introduces herself as Sapho, Fanny meets Jean, a young provincial unaware of his past.

In church, during the wedding ceremony, Fanny decides to leave the past behind and start a new life.

The Chicago Board of Censors required a cut of the view of Jean pointing at the bed and accusing Sapho.