Zhenshchina, kotoraya izobrela lyubov

Summary

From the humble confines of a pawnbroker's establishment, Antonella, a young woman of arresting beauty and nascent ambition, finds herself on the precipice of conventional happiness, betrothed to the dashing Lieutenant Gilly. Yet, beneath this veneer of domesticity, a more potent, calculated desire stirs within her. Driven by an insatiable yearning for status and luxury, Antonella masterfully engineers her escape from the mundane, embarking on a treacherous path of deception. She weaves a complex web of lies, ensnaring an unwitting husband in her machinations, as she orchestrates a calculated seduction of an elderly, affluent duke. This grand, self-serving performance of affection, an 'invented love,' propels her into a world of opulence, but ultimately, her meticulously constructed façade crumbles under the weight of its own artifice. The narrative culminates not in triumphant acquisition, but in a profound, inescapable reckoning, where the accumulated cost of her moral transgressions demands a stark and unforgiving payment from life itself, a final, poignant settlement for her audacious gamble.

Synopsis

The pawnbroker's daughter Antonella loves the handsome Lieutenant Gilly and is getting married. In the future, Antonella lies to her husband and begins to seduce the elderly duke. At the end of the film there is a payoff with life.