A Russian aristocrat and his servant girl escape to Turkey during the revolution.A Russian aristocrat and his servant girl escape to Turkey during the revolution.A Russian aristocrat and his servant girl escape to Turkey during the revolution.
Richard Alexander
- Pyotyr
- (uncredited)
Hadji Ali
- Turkish Landlord
- (uncredited)
Mischa Auer
- Sergei
- (uncredited)
Mae Busch
- French Wedding Witness
- (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
- Nightclub Guest
- (uncredited)
Harry Cording
- Revolutionary
- (uncredited)
Earle Foxe
- Boris - Soldier
- (uncredited)
Betty Gillette
- Girl
- (uncredited)
Alphonse Kohlmar
- Orthodox Priest
- (uncredited)
Lee Kohlmar
- German Tailor
- (uncredited)
Arnold Korff
- Kalin
- (uncredited)
William Le Maire
- Revolutionary
- (uncredited)
Ivan Linow
- Ivan
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlthough the onscreen credits list the writing source as a novel, no record of its publication has been found.
- SoundtracksLove Theme
(1932) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played during and after the wedding ceremony, and often as the love theme for Nikita and Tanyusha
Featured review
From riches to rags
To be able to tell a story so eventful in less an hour is in itself a feat and William Dieterlé can't be praised too highly just for that .There are so many characters that sometimes the viewer does not know anymore who is who :even czar Nicholas appears in the flesh at the beginning.Never a dull moment;the Russian revolution only takes two scenes : the railway station where the hero is (fortunately) late and the panic in the streets .There's also a scene in his castle which the revolutionaries plunder : Jacques Feyder would copy it in his own "knight without armor" (1937);in that movie ,Marlene Dietrich is the noble one whereas her co-star Robert Donat is a plebeian.
Dieterle's taste for melodrama comes to the fore in the second part which takes place in Turkey. The connection between the scenes is sometimes thin and leaves the best till last.If this movie were remade,the ending would certainly be modified today.
Dieterle's taste for melodrama comes to the fore in the second part which takes place in Turkey. The connection between the scenes is sometimes thin and leaves the best till last.If this movie were remade,the ending would certainly be modified today.
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- dbdumonteil
- Sep 30, 2009
Details
- Runtime58 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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