Darkest Russia (1917)
• April 23rd, 1917 • 0h 50min
Drama, History
Overview
Ilda Barosky, a Jewess whose father was killed by Russian soldiers, is a violin student in love with Alexis Nazimoff, son of the Russian aristocracy. Alexis' father arranges a marriage of convenience between Alexis and Olga Karischeff, the daughter of the ambitious minister of police and attempts to shame Ilda at the betrothal celebration. Defiant, Ilda is whipped before the entire assembly. Alexis rushes in to rescue her and terminates his engagement to Olga. In retaliation, Karischeff sentences both Ilda and Alexis to ten years in Siberia as his last official act. The couple attempt to escape their Siberian captivity, are caught and face a firing squad until Count Nazimoff, who has assumed Karischeff's position as minister of police, arrives with a pardon. The couple return home, and the penitent count finally grants them his blessings.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Released on: 1916-09-04
Drama, History
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven wit...
And Then There Were None
Released on: 1945-10-31
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island and while they are waiting for the mysterious host to ...
One Stolen Night
Released on: 1929-03-15
Action, Drama, Romance
When his ne'er-do-well brother embezzles the commissary funds of their cavalry unit stationed in the...
Arn: The Knight Templar
Released on: 2007-12-25
Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land...
Behind the Screen
Released on: 1917-07-28
Drama
Famous Russian screen actors play themselves in this drama about the lives of actors. Thirteen minut...
Die Flamme
Released on: 1923-02-02
Drama
In 19th century Paris a hedonistic woman marries an aristocrat but has trouble keeping faithful to h...
Like Water for Chocolate
Released on: 1992-04-16
Drama, Romance
Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. W...
Dead Man's Curve
Released on: 1928-01-15
Action, Drama
A grease monkey discovers a defect in an auto engine being turned out by his employer. But since our...
I Delete and I Judge
Released on: 1919-01-01
Drama
Brišem i sudim is a Croatian film. Only one minute of the film is saved.
Sonka the Golden Hand
Released on: 1914-09-19
Drama, Crime
A popular silent action-adventure film in 8 episodes released from 1914-1916. Directed by Aleksandr ...
Sanshiro Sugata
Released on: 1943-03-25
Drama
A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujuts...
A Personal Affair
Released on: 1932-04-24
Drama
The best bell-ringer of the church Fedor Kuzmich Shtukov becomes the foreman of production at the sh...
A Throw of Dice
Released on: 1929-08-16
Drama, Adventure, Romance
Two neighboring kings addicted to gambling, Ranjit and his cousin Sohat, vie for the same beautiful ...
No Man of Her Own
Released on: 1932-12-30
Romance, Drama, Comedy
An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.
In Name Only
Released on: 1939-08-18
Drama, Romance
A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrive...
Cleopatra
Released on: 1917-10-14
Drama, History
The story of Cleopatra, the fabulous queen of Egypt, and the epic romances between her and the great...
Behind Masks
Released on: 1921-07-23
Drama
Jeanne, an orphaned young heiress, is about to be married off to an elderly man by her scheming aunt...
A Bunch of Violets
Released on: 1912-07-10
Drama
Popular actress Violet Ray endures an abusive, alcoholic husband, Jim, for the sake of their decease...
The Perils of Pauline
Released on: 1914-03-31
Action, Adventure, Drama
The Perils of Pauline is a motion picture serial shown in weekly installments featuring the actress ...