Suddenly appearing in Florence, an evil seductress causes Cesare, the city's ruler, and his son to both fall madly in love with her. The son, killing his father before an order to torture the woman can be carried out, then turns the city's churches into dens of sexual debauchery. Acts of evil and corruption continue unabated until the arrival of Death, who brings with her a horrible plague which she is about to loose upon the city.
| Directing | Otto Rippert | Director |
| Writing | Fritz Lang | Screenplay |
| Production | Erich Pommer | Producer |
| Camera | Willy Hameister | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Emil Schünemann | Director of Photography |
| Art | Walter Reimann | Art Direction |
| Art | Hermann Warm | Art Direction |
| Camera | Carl Hoffmann | Director of Photography |
| Art | Walter Röhrig | Art Direction |
| Art | Franz Jaffe | Art Direction |
| Writing | Edgar Allan Poe | Short Story |