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Tempest is a american film of genre Drama directed by Lewis Milestone released in USA on 27 may 1928 with John Barrymore

Tempest (1928)

Tempest
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Released in USA 27 may 1928
Length 1h51
Directed by ,    ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating66% 3.338743.338743.338743.338743.33874

Tempest (1928) is a feature silent film directed by Sam Taylor. V. I. Nemirovich-Dantchenko wrote the screenplay and William Cameron Menzies won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work in the film in 1929, the first year of the awards ceremony. John Barrymore and Camilla Horn star in the film, with Louis Wolheim co-starring.

Preserved by two US archives George Eastman House and UCLA Film and Tv.

Synopsis

The film is set during final days of Czarist Russia and revolves around a peasant who rises through the ranks of the Russian army ending up a Lieutenant. His life is made increasingly difficult by the aristocrats and officers around him who are resentful of his progress. He then finds himself rejected by a princess he falls in love with and, having been caught in her room, is put in prison. There he is stripped of his rank but soon after the Russian Civil War starts and as a result of the Red Terror the tables are turned.

Actors

John Barrymore

(Sergeant Ivan Markov)Camilla Horn

(Princess Tamara)George Fawcett

(The General)Louis Wolheim

(Sergeant Bulba)Boris de Fast

(The Peddler)
And :
Ullrich Haupt
Ullrich Haupt Sr.
Michael Visaroff
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