Resurrection (1931 English-language film)
1931 film
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Resurrection is a 1931 American Pre-Code English-language adaptation of the 1899 Leo Tolstoy novel Resurrection produced by Universal Studios. It was an all-talking version.
| Resurrection | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Edwin Carewe |
| Screenplay by | Finis Fox[1] |
| Based on | |
| Produced by | E. M. Asher Edwin Carewe Carl Laemmle Jr.[1] |
| Starring | John Boles Lupe Vélez Nance O'Neill William Keighley Rose Tapley Michael Mark Sylvia Nadina George Irving Edward Cecil Mary Forman Grace Cunard Dorothy Flood |
| Cinematography | Robert Kurrle Al Green[1] |
| Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin[1] |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The film starred John Boles as well as Lupe Vélez.
It was directed by Edwin Carewe, who had also directed the previous 1927 silent adaptation.[1]
A Spanish language version, Resurrección was also made in the same year by Universal Studios.,[1] John Boles and Lupe Vélez also starred in the Spanish-language version.
Plot
Country girl Katusha is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov who, years later, finds himself on a jury trying the same Katusha for a crime to which he now realizes that his actions drove her. He follows her to imprisonment in Siberia, intent on redeeming her and himself as well.
Cast
English version
The cast list is as follows:[1]
- John Boles as Prince Dmitri Nekhludoff
- Lupe Vélez as Katyusha Maslova
- Rose Tapley as Princess Sophya
- Nance O'Neil as Princess Marya
- William Keighley as Captain Schoenbock
- Michael Mark as Simon Kartinkin – Innkeeper
- Sylvia Nadina as Simon's Wife
- George Irving as Judge
- Edward Cecil as Smelkoff the Merchant
- Mary Forman as Beautiful Exile
- Grace Cunard as Olga
- Dorothy Flood as Princess Hasan
