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| Lon Chaney | ... |
Sergei
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| Ricardo Cortez | ... |
Captain Dimitri
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| Barbara Bedford | ... |
Countess Tatiana Alexandrova
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| Mack Swain | ... |
Vladimir Gaidaroff
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| Emily Fitzroy | ... |
Mrs. Gaidaroff
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| Károly Huszár | ... |
Ivan - the Gatekeeper
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Kai Schmidt | ... |
Butler
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| Johnny Mack Brown | ... |
Russian Officer (uncredited)
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| Albert Conti | ... |
Military Commandant at Novokursk (uncredited)
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| Jules Cowles | ... |
Peasant Who Robs Tatiana (uncredited)
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| Tiny Jones | ... |
Revolutionist at Protest (uncredited)
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Frank Leigh | ... |
Outlaw Peasant in Cabin (uncredited)
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| Russ Powell | ... |
Man Taking Sergei to Ivan (uncredited)
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Bud Rae | ... |
Russian Soldier (uncredited)
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Sam Savitsky | ... |
Military Guard (uncredited)
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Michael Visaroff | ... |
Cossack Whipping Sergei (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Benjamin Christensen | ||
Written by
| Benjamin Christensen | ... | (story) |
| Stig Esbern | ... | (story) |
| Joseph Farnham | ... | (titles) |
| Bradley King | ... | () |
Produced by
| Erich Pommer | ... | producer |
Music by
| James Schafer | ... | (2009) (as Jimmy Schafer) |
Cinematography by
| Merritt B. Gerstad | ... | (photographed by) |
Editing by
| John English | ... | (as John W. English) |
Art Direction by
| Cedric Gibbons | ||
| Alexander Toluboff | ||
Art Department
| Eric Rohman | ... | poster artist (as Rohman) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Gilbert Clark | ... | wardrober |
Music Department
| Jack Feinberg | ... | musician (uncredited) |
| Sam Feinberg | ... | set musician (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1927) (United States) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1928) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Wilton Metro Goldwyn Distribution Corporation (1928) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Paramount-Ufa-Metro-Verleihbetriebe GmbH (Parufamet) (1929) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (2009) (United States) (DVD) (dvdr)
- Warner Home Video (2011) (United States) (DVD) (DVD-R included in the "Lon Chaney: Warner Classic Archives Classics Collection")
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Turner Entertainment (dvd)
- Warner Bros. Entertainment (dvd package design)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
There is hunger in Siberia during the Russian Civil War. Dimwitted peasant Sergei is searching corpses for food. He meets a mysterious young woman looking for the town of Novokursk. She asks Sergei to tell anyone they might meet that he is her husband. They find an abandoned house where they can rest, but a stranger is hiding inside. Sergei washes the woman's feet and prepares a bed for her. The stranger reveals himself and is soon joined by Cossacks; they do not believe that the woman is a peasant's wife. They beat Sergei, but he does not betray her. The two are rescued by White cavalry. The woman is, in fact, the Countess Alexandrova. In Novokursk, the countess stays with the rich Gaidaroff family. When Sergei leaves hospital, he goes to see his "friend". The countess begrudgingly provides a job in the household. Sergei is exposed to the revolutionary talk of Ivan, a servant. When the Whites leave town to counter an attack, the Reds are free to act. Written by David Steele |
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| Taglines | "It is fate" See more » |
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Box Office
| Budget | $187,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | This film was preserved by the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York after having initially been thought as lost until a copy was discovered in the 1970s. It was subsequently fully restored by The Film Foundation, established by director Martin Scorsese and others in 1990. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Man of a Thousand Faces (1957). See more » |
| Quotes |
Capt. Dimitri:
[to the Countess]
I apologize for my lips, Countess - and I apologize for my eyes - but I cannot apologize for my heart. See more » |