Tempest / Joseph M. Schenck presents an Artcinema Production ; supervised by John W. Considine ; directed by Sam Taylor.

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Markov, a peasant soldier, becomes an officer in the Imperial Russian Guard and falls in love with Princess Tamara. She scorns him and has him stripped of his rank and thrown in prison. Markov becomes an important Red official with the advent of the Revolution and saves Tamara from execution. Togeth...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: United Artists Corporation
Image Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Taylor, Sam, 1895-1958
Barrymore, John, 1882-1942
Horn, Camilla, 1903-1996
Wolheim, Louis
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Silent film with English intertitles.
Published: Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment, ©2003, 1927.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Russia > Drama.
Social classes > Russia > Drama.
Drama.
Social classes.
Russia.
Feature films.
Silent films.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Silent films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Markov, a peasant soldier, becomes an officer in the Imperial Russian Guard and falls in love with Princess Tamara. She scorns him and has him stripped of his rank and thrown in prison. Markov becomes an important Red official with the advent of the Revolution and saves Tamara from execution. Together, they escape from Russia.
Note:This version contains synchronized and re-edited musical accompaniment from the original Vitaphone discs ; a new digital stereo score is the primary soundtrack.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1927.
Special feature: "Vagabonding on the Pacific," a home movie showing John Barrymore relaxing aboard his yacht.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AN5 D0025456 VideoDVD
Awards:Academy Award for Interior Decoration, 1928 ; Best Cinematography nominee, 1928.
Credits:Directed by Sam Taylor (Lewis Milestone, Victor Tourjansky uncredited) ; screenplay by C. Gardner Sullivan (Erich von Stoheim, Lewis Milestone uncredited) ; photographed by Charles Rosher ; art direction, William Cameron Menzies ; costume design by Alice O'Neill ; musical score compiled by Hugo Riesenfeld ; new music for this edition by Philip Carli ; produced for DVD by David Shepard.
System Details:DVD.
Cast:
John Barrymore, Camilla Horn, Louis Wolheim, Boris de Fas, George Fawcett, Ulrich Haupt.