After two years as a Czarist British agent posing as a Russian Commissar, he rescues a Russian countess from her Bolshevik captors..
Is it worth your time? If you like movies that feel like a dusty history book you found in an attic, sure. If you need pacing that moves faster than a steam engine in 1917, you’re going to hate this. Marlene Dietrich fans will be happy, but anyone looking for a tight, punchy thriller should probably go watch The Phanto...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Jacques Feyder
Dallas M. Fitzgerald
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"Is it worth your time? If you like movies that feel like a dusty history book you found in an attic, sure. If you need pacing that moves faster than a steam engine in 1917, you’re going to hate this. Marlene Dietrich fans will be happy, but anyone looking for a tight, punchy thriller should probably go watch The Phantom of Paris instead. This isn't a film you watch for the plot; it's a film you watch to see people try to look elegant while everything around them is burning down. The vibe There ..."
Evelyn Ankers
James Hilton, Frances Marion, Lajos Biró, Arthur Wimperis
United Kingdom
Adventure, History, Thriller
