Resurrection (1927 film)
Appearance
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Directed by | Edwin Carewe |
Written by | Edwin Carewe Finis Fox Leon Tolstoi (Novel) |
Produced by | Edwin Carewe |
Starring | Dolores del Río Rod La Rocque Rita Carewe Matt MacDermott |
Cinematography | Robert Kurrle |
Edited by | Jeanne Spencer |
Distributed by | Edwin Carewe Productions |
Release date | March 19, 1927 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Resurrection is a 1927 Hollywood adaptation of the Leo Tolstoy novel Resurrection. Filmmaker Edwin Carewe adapted the book to a feature length silent production starring Dolores del Río and featuring an appearance by Ilya Tolstoy. In 1931, Edwin Carewe directed an all-talking remake of this film starred by Lupe Vélez.
Plot
Katyusha, a country girl, is seduced and abandoned by Prince Dimitry. Dimitry finds himself, years later, on a jury trying the same Katyusha for a crime he now realizes his actions drove her to. He follows her to imprisonment in Siberia, intent on redeeming her and himself as well.[1]
Cast
1927 version
- Dolores del Río as Katyusha Maslova
- Rod La Rocque as Prince Dimitry Ivanich
- Lucy Beaumont as Aunt Sophya
- Vera Lewis as Aunt Marya
1931 English version
- Lupe Vélez as Katyusha Maslova
- John Boles as Price Dimitry Ivanich
- Rose Tapley as Aunt Sophya
- Nance O'Neil as Aunt Marya
References
Cited with approval in Frankel, Viktor E., "Man's Search for Meaning," ca. 1945.
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