How does Under Two Flags end?

In the final act ("The Final Ride and Sacrifice"): Cigaretne undertakes a perilous journey through a sandstorm to secure a pardon. She arrives just in time but is fatally shot while shielding Bertie from the firing squad.

Under Two Flags (1916) — AI Story Visualization

Name: Under Two Flags
Genre: adventure, drama
Released: 1916

Plot Analysis Summary

A tale of mistaken identity, military duty, and ultimate sacrifice within the French Foreign Legion.

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

The Noble Sacrifice

Legion Life and Alliances

Condemnation and Defiance

The Final Ride and Sacrifice

The Legion's mascot, Cigarette falls for an Englishman, Bertie Cecil (Herbert Heyes), and when he is sentenced to a firing squad, she heroically takes the bullet herself.

Directed by

J. Gordon Edwards

Key Cast

Theda Bara — Cigarette
Herbert Heyes — Bertie Cecil
Stuart Holmes — Chateauroye
Stanhope Wheatcroft — Berkeley Cecil
Joseph Crehan — Rake