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5.8/10 • 16

1937-07-231h 40m

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The woman of flame -- the man of steel -- together !

British agent working in Russia is forced to remain longer than planned once the revolution begins. After being released from prison in Siberia he poses as a Russian Commissar. Because of his position among the revolutionaries, he is able to rescue a Russian countess from the Bolsheviks.

Directors
Jacques Feyder
Writters
Lajos Biró, Frances Marion
Editors
Lajos Biró, Francis D. Lyon

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  1. Marlene Dietrich

    Marlene Dietrich

    Countess Alexandra Vladinoff

  2. Robert Donat

    Robert Donat

    Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov

  3. Irene Vanbrugh

    Irene Vanbrugh

    Duchess of Zorin

  4. Herbert Lomas

    Herbert Lomas

    General Gregor Vladinoff

  5. Austin Trevor

    Austin Trevor

    Col. Adraxine

  6. Basil Gill

    Basil Gill

    Axelstein

  7. David Tree

    David Tree

    Alexis Maronin

  8. John Clements

    John Clements

    Poushkoff

  9. Frederick Culley

    Frederick Culley

    Stanfield

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CinemaSerf

Jun 20, 2022

7/10

Now you've got to keep an eye on the plot in this little espionage/counter espionage thriller as Robert Donat is a Brit sent to spy on the Bolsheviks and gets caught up in all sorts of shenanigans that lands him in Siberia until 1917 when, amidst all the chaos he alights upon the beautiful "Countess" (Marlene Dietrich) and both have to try and get the hell out of a rapidly imploding Russia. The two stars gel quite well, once they start sharing scenes together and although the story follows a pretty well trodden path, the two , together with a few familiar faces from British cinema (John Clements, Irene Vanbrugh and a rather good, drunken, Miles Malleson) manage to keep this slightly over-long escape story going. Harry Stradling's photography re-creates well the coldness of the Russian climate (from Buckinghamshire!) and the eeriness and devastation of a messy, brutal revolution and Lajos Biró's adaptation of the novel keeps pretty much to the plot.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
rescueundercover agentcountesssiberiabolshevik1910s