Mockery (1927)
1927 · 1h 18m · Drama
Genres: Drama
There is hunger in Siberia during the Russian Civil War. One day while dim-witted peasant Sergei is searching corpses for food, he meets a young woman looking for the town of Novokursk. She asks Sergei to help her get there, and to tell anyone they might meet that he is her husband.
Director: Benjamin Christensen
Writers: Stig Esbern, Benjamin Christensen, Bradley King
Cinematography: Merritt B. Gerstad
Editor: John English
Cast
Lon Chaney as SergeiBarbara Bedford as Countess Tatiana AlexandrovaRicardo Cortez as DimitriEmily Fitzroy as Mrs. GaidaroffMack Swain as Vladimir GaidaroffKároly Huszár as IvanKai Schmidt as ButlerJohnny Mack Brown as Russian Officer (uncredited)Albert Conti as Military Commandant at Novokursk (uncredited)Jules Cowles as Peasant Who Robs Tatiana (uncredited)Frank Leigh as Outlaw Peasant in Cabin (uncredited)Russ Powell as Man Taking Sergei to Ivan (uncredited)More like this
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