The read
It runs a compact 1h 14m.
Synopsis
During the 1917 Russian revolution, a group of artistocrats find themselves in the custody of a brutal Communist revolutionary. He lusts after one of them, a ballerina, and gives her an ultimatum: give in to him or her friends will face the firing squad.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- John CromwellDirector
- Oliver H.P. GarrettWriter
- John LeipoldOriginal Music Composer
- Herman HandOriginal Music Composer
- Stephan PasternackiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- George BancroftKylenko
- Miriam HopkinsMaria Yaskaya
- Alan MowbrayDimitri
- George E. StoneRutchkin
- Mitchell LewisSukhanov
- Max WagnerVorobiov
- Harry CordingIvanovitch
- Emmett CorriganGen. Spiro
- Oscar ApfelBanker
- Reginald BarlowMarkov
- Ferike BorosSasha
Stills
Themes
russian revolution (1917)