The Patriot (1928)

Director:

Ernst Lubitsch

Writers:

Ashley Dukes (play)
Julian Johnson (titles)
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Release Date:

1 September 1928 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

These Characters Will Fascinate You! EMIL JANNINGS - Cruel, brutal, but also pathetic. The mad Czar who holds all Russia in his tyrannical grasp. FLORENCE VIDOR - An exotic beauty of the court. The Czar's favorite! Betrayed by her lover, she becomes a thorn in the hands of the conspirators! LEWIS STONE - Prime Minister and trusted friend of the mad Czar, who conspires against the monster ruler of Russia. NEIL HAMILTON - Heir to the throne. Worshipped by the Russians. The only man who can hold the government from self-destruction.

Plot Keywords:

Lost Film | 1700s | Russia | Czar Paul I | Based On Novel

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 4 nominations

Cast

Emil Jannings	...	Czar Paul I
Florence Vidor	...	Countess Ostermann
Lewis Stone	...	Count Pahlen
Vera Voronina	...	Mademoiselle Lapoukhine
Neil Hamilton	...	Crown Prince Alexander
Harry Cording	...	Stefan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tullio Carminati	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Carmencita Johnson	...	Baby (uncredited)

Directed by
Ernst Lubitsch

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ashley Dukes		play
Julian Johnson		titles
Hanns Kräly		(adaptation) (as Hans Kraly)
Dmitri Merezhkovsky		story "Paul I"
Alfred Neumann		play "Der Patriot"

Produced by
Ernst Lubitsch	....	producer

Original Music by
Gerard Carbonara
Domenico Savino
Max Bergunker		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Bert Glennon

Film Editing by
Ernst Lubitsch

Art Direction by
Hans Dreier

Costume Design by
Ali Hubert

Production Management
Eric Locke	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
George Hippard	....	assistant director
George Yohalem	....	assistant director

Art Department
Bob Margolo	....	props

Camera and Electrical Department
Ralph Burdick	....	assistant camera
William H. Clothier	....	assistant camera
William Rand	....	additional camera operator (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Hans Blanche	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Nat W. Finston	....	musical director

Other crew
Barbara Bridgeford	....	production secretary
Eugene Hager	....	technical director
Nicholas Kobliansky	....	technical advisor
Jesse L. Lasky	....	presenter
Adolph Zukor	....	presenter

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1928) (USA) (theatrical)
• Paramount-Film (1930) (Austria) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System) (talking sequences) | Silent

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Although this film is presumed lost, excerpts do survive, including a trailer, which is one of the 50 films in the 3-disk boxed DVD set called "More Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894-1931" (2004), compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film archives. It is preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive and has a running time of 3 minutes.

Movie Connections:

Featured in These Amazing Shadows (2011)

Why, God, Why?

Ok, we all have to deal with the fact that it has a hundreds of lost films... but why among so many bad movies, a Jannings-LUBITSCH movie is in this category? I really hope and pray that this movie will be founded... I mean, this is probably among all the lost movies the most wished...