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4.0/10 • 5

1931-08-221h 7m

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Captain Orloff is sent to Bucharest to capture a Mata Hari type of spy, but many different women fit the bill and are attractive enough to make one question one's allegiance.

Directors
Richard Boleslawski
Writters
Doris Anderson
Editors
Arthur Roberts

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  1. Genevieve Tobin

    Genevieve Tobin

    Countess Dorchy

  2. Betty Compson

    Betty Compson

    Baroness Corri

  3. Ivan Lebedeff

    Ivan Lebedeff

    Captain Orloff

  4. Ilka Chase

    Ilka Chase

    Madame Blinis

  5. Purnell Pratt

    Purnell Pratt

    Colonel George Gorin

  6. Colin Campbell

    Colin Campbell

    Gamble

  7. Arthur Edmund Carewe

    Arthur Edmund Carewe

    Suave Man

  8. Edward Martindel

    Edward Martindel

    Ambassador

  9. John St. Polis

    John St. Polis

    General

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CinemaSerf

Jun 13, 2022

5/10

There were a spate of these Russian Imperial espionage dramas made, and this one is probably the weakest I have seen. The adventure, if that is what it is, centres around the suave and debonaire "Capt. Orloff" (Ivan Lebedeff) who is sent to Bucharest to identify a glamorous spy. Once he gets there, though, he is presented with a plethora of beauties from which to choose - and it becomes distinctly possible that his is the loyalty that will be compromised! Any acting plaudits belong to Genevieve Tobin and Betty Compson, with the odd comedic interlude at the hands (or mouth) of Ilka Chase as "Madama Blinis". Lebedeff is terrible - no other word for it. He has a certain charm that might well have worked for him in silent cinema, but his performance here is wooden, his accent straight out of a school pantomime and only the daftest woman on the planet would ever fall for his rather linear allure - so any sense of intrigue falls pretty flat from early on too. Give it a miss...

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Original Language
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