Mockery
1927 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
There is hunger in Siberia during the Russian Civil War. Dim-witted peasant Sergei is searching corpses for food. He meets a mysterious young woman looking for the town of Novokursk. She asks Sergei to tell anyone they might meet that he is her husband. They find an abandoned house where they can rest... but a stranger is hiding inside. Sergei washes the woman's feet and prepares a bed for her. The stranger reveals himself and is soon joined by cossacks; they do not believe that the woman is a peasant's wife. They beat Sergei but he does not betray her. The two are rescued by White cavalry. The woman is in fact the Countess Alexandrova.
Direction Benjamin Christensen
Cast Lon Chaney · Barbara Bedford · Ricardo Cortez · Mack Swain · Emily Fitzroy · Charles Puffy · Kai Schmidt · Johnny Mack Brown · Albert Conti · Jules Cowles · Frank Leigh
Screenplay Benjamin Christensen · Stig Esbern
Cinematography Merrit B. Gerstad
Original title Mockery
5.8
21 votes (FilmAffinity)
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