Top billed cast

1. 

   William Powell

   Baron Stephan Wolensky

2. 

   Luise Rainer

   Countess Olga Mironova

3. 

   Robert Young

   Grand Duke Peter

4. 

   Maureen O'Sullivan

   Maria Orlich

5. 

   Frank Morgan

   Colonel Baron Suroff

6. 

   Henry Stephenson

   Prince Johann

7. 

   Bernadene Hayes

   Mitzi Reisenbach

8. 

   Donald Kirke

   Anton, the Thief

9. 

   Douglass Dumbrille

   Mr. Korum, a Conspirator

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-09-17

Based on the Baroness Orczy tale of Russian Imperial espionage, this is actually quite a fun, if insubstantial, historical drama. It all centres around attempts to free a Polish dissident from prison. At the time, Poland was a vassal of the Czar, and so a group of influential Poles coerce the Grand Duke "Peter" (Robert Young) to write to his father imploring his intervention. What's this got to do with candlesticks, you might think? Well these clever little ornate gadgets have secret compartments - easy enough to smuggle a letter in. When they are inadvertently moved, then sold-on a few times ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• sleigh
• spy
• candlestick