Resurrection (1927 film)
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Finis Fox
by Leo Tolstoy
| Resurrection | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Edwin Carewe |
| Written by | Edwin Carewe Finis Fox |
| Based on | Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy |
| Produced by | Edwin Carewe Productions |
| Starring | Dolores del Río Rod La Rocque Rita Carewe Marc McDermott |
| Cinematography | Robert Kurrle |
| Edited by | Jeanne Spencer |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent Version Sound Version (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
Resurrection is a 1927 American romantic drama film directed by Edwin Carewe, based on Leo Tolstoy's 1899 novel Resurrection. The film is a feature-length silent production starring Dolores del Río and featuring an appearance by Ilya Tolstoy who co-wrote the script. In 1928, due to the public apathy towards silent films, a sound version was also produced with a newly filmed prologue in which the theme song "Russian Lullaby"[1] was performed and sung. While the actual film had no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. In 1931, Carewe directed an all-talking remake of the film starred by Lupe Vélez.
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)
Music
The sound version featured a theme song entitled “Russian Lullaby” by Irving Berlin. The soundtrack also featured the song “Brown Eyes” by P. Ouglitzky.
