The read
It runs a compact 1h 10m.
Synopsis
The dissolute Count Pierre Tornai, having dissipated his fortune in Paris, embezzles embassy funds while intoxicated; and after spending his last penny on a dancer, he contemplates suicide but is persuaded to enlist in the Foreign Legion. Based on the 1922 play Der Legionër by Lajos Biró.
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- George ArchainbaudDirector
- Carey WilsonWriter
Cast
- Milton SillsCount Pierre Tornal
- Natalie KingstonVera Sherman
- William HumphreyCornelius Sherman
- Arthur Edmund CareweCaptain Herault
- William V. MongKobol
- Viola DanaScadsza
- Claude KingContarini
- Charles MurrayO'Reilly (as Charlie Murray)
- Arthur StoneGreenbaum
- Alma BennettHaldee
- Montagu LoveBen Achmed
Stills
Themes
bfi