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27/05/1928 Drama, Romance 1h 51m
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Overview

In the final days of Czarist Russia, a peasant is raised from the ranks to Lieutenant. The other officers, aristocrats all, resent him, and make his life difficult. He falls in love with a princess, who spurns him. When he is caught in her room, he is stripped of his rank and thrown into prison. Then comes the Red Terror, and the tables are turned.

  1. Sam Taylor

    Director

  2. C. Gardner Sullivan

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. John Barrymore

    Sergeant Ivan Markov

  2. Camilla Horn

    Princess Tamara

  3. Louis Wolheim

    Sergeant Bulba

  4. Boris de Fast

    The Peddler

  5. George Fawcett

    The General

  6. Ullrich Haupt

    The Captain

  7. Michael Visaroff

    The Guard

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-02-10
John Barrymore is the aspiring sergeant "Markov" who is studying hard for a commission in the Russian Imperial army. It's ten years since any NCO has been promoted, but he has the support of the old General (George Fawcett) and though sceptical initially, the board agrees his promotion to lieutenant. It's at this interview that he first meets the old man's daughter, the "Princess Tamara" (Camille Horn) who is disdainful of his lowly, peasant, birth - but of course the more they meet the more they begin to fall in love. She can't acknowledge him publicly, and when they are caught in a room toge...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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