During World War I, Russian Captain Ivan Ignatoff falls in love with his nurse, Natasha Kovrin. But she is subject to an upcoming marriage of family convenience to Brioukow, a wealthy industrialist of peasant stock.
Is it worth the watch? If you have a thing for vintage black-and-white dramas where everyone is constantly worried about their honor, you’ll probably find something to chew on here. If you need pacing that moves faster than a Victorian carriage, maybe skip it. People who love early Laurence Olivier will find this inter...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Anthony Asquith
Edgar Jones
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"Is it worth the watch? If you have a thing for vintage black-and-white dramas where everyone is constantly worried about their honor, you’ll probably find something to chew on here. If you need pacing that moves faster than a Victorian carriage, maybe skip it. People who love early Laurence Olivier will find this interesting, but casual viewers might find the whole thing a bit dry. There’s a weird, stifling energy to this movie. It’s 1935, and you can really tell they were trying to capture tha..."
Walter Hudd
Erich Seipmann, Anthony Asquith, Pierre Benoît
United Kingdom
