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.
- 6.2
- 1928
- Released
- 1h 51m
John Barrymore
Sergeant Ivan Markov
Camilla Horn
Princess Tamara
Louis Wolheim
Sergeant Bulba
Boris de Fast
The Peddler
George Fawcett
The General
Ullrich Haupt
The Captain
Michael Visaroff
The GuardReleased
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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