Resurrection (1927 film)
Resurrection was thought to be a lost[1][2] 1927 Hollywood adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1899 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 who co-wrote the script. In 1931, Edwin Carewe directed an all-talking remake of this film starred by Lupe Vélez.
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| Directed by | Edwin Carewe |
| Produced by | Edwin Carewe Productions |
| Written by | Edwin Carewe Finis Fox Leon Tolstoi (1899 novel) |
| Starring | Dolores del Río Rod La Rocque Rita Carewe Marc McDermott |
| Cinematography | Robert Kurrle |
| Edited by | Jeanne Spencer |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date | March 19, 1927 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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.
Cast
- Dolores del Río as Katyusha Maslova
- Rod La Rocque as Prince Dimitry Ivanich
- Lucy Beaumont as Aunt Sophya
- Vera Lewis as Aunt Marya
- Marc McDermott as Major Schoenboch
- Clarissa Selwynne as Princess Olga Ivanovitch Nekhludof
- Eve Southern as Princess Sonia Korchagin
- Ilya Tolstoy as The Old Philosopher
- Bobby White - (uncredited)
References
- Resurrection at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files:lost United Artists films - 1927
- The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Resurrection A copy does survive at UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Cited with approval in Frankel, Viktor E., "Man's Search for Meaning," ca. 1945.
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