Camilla Horn and John Barrymore.     Photo: Silent Era low-res collection.

Cast: John Barrymore [Sergeant Ivan Markov], Camilla Horn [Princess Tamara], Louis Wolheim [Sergeant Bulba], Boris de Fas [peddler], George Fawcett [general], Ullrich Haupt [captain], Michael Visaroff [guard], Lena Malena, Albert Conti

[?] Art Cinema Corporation or Joseph M. Schenck Productions? production; distributed by United Artists Corporation. / Produced by John W. Considine Jr. Scenario by C. Gardner Sullivan + [Erich von Stroheim and Lewis Milestone], from a story by V.I. Nemirovich-Dantchenko. Art direction by William Cameron Menzies. Costume design by Alice O’Neill. Cinematography by Charles Rosher. Music score by Hugo Riesenfeld. Presented by Joseph M. Schenck. / © 11 October 1927 by Joseph M. Schenck Productions [LP25492] (at 11 reels). Released [?] 21 July or 11 August? 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Originally the film was to have been directed by Erich von Stroheim. Horn replaced Dorothy Sebastian as leading lady during production, and Tourjansky was replaced by Milestone who was replaced by Taylor. Tourjansky and Milestone’s direction went uncredited, as did Stroheim and Milestone’s work on the scenario. Menzies won the first Academy Award for Art Direction for this film and The Dove (1927). / Silent film.

Drama: Romance.

Survival Status: Print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive; also in private film collections [8mm reduction positives].

Keywords: Russia - Russians

Listing updated: 2 October 2007.

References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 264, 370, 390; Brownlow-Parade pp. 231, 233, 234; Card-Seductive p. 12; Everson-American p. 336; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 18; Limbacher-Feature p. 244; Mandelbaum-Screen p. 165; Schelly-Langdon p. 129; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 193-195 : Website-AFI.

Home Video: DVD.