Emil Jannings
Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
Evelyn Brent
Natalie Dabrova
William Powell
Lev Andreyev
Jack Raymond
Assistant director
Nicholas Soussanin
The adjutant
Michael Visaroff
Serge (the valet)
Fritz Feld
A revolutionist
Harry Cording
Revolutionist (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Russian Youth (uncredited)Alexander Ikonnikov
Drillmaster (uncredited)Nicholas Kobliansky
Drillmaster (uncredited)
Guy Oliver
Wardrobe Attendant (uncredited)Sam Savitsky
A Private (uncredited)
Harry Semels
A Soldier (uncredited)Robert Wilber
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Status
Released
Original Language
en
Keywords
- #hollywood
- #black and white
- #silent film
- #russian revolution (1917)
- #bolshevik
- #train wreck
Reviews
@Geronimo1967over 3 years ago
Emil Jannings is masterful in this depiction of an elderly gentleman selected by an Hollywood director (William Powell) to play the part of a Russian general in a film. When he arrives on set, his colleagues tease him about a medal he is wearing. He proceeds to tell them it was given to him by Czar Nicholas II himself, and after a bit of playful derision, they return the medal and the "General" fi