John Gilinsky Posted 11 October , 2009 Share Posted 11 October , 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIyaon3MVPA&NR=1 The above is a copied and pasted URL to a Youtube segment from the American (Hollywood) 1928 movie starring Emil Jannings as a Grand Duke and commander of the Imperial Russian army on the Eastern Front in WWI. Jannings won the FIRST Academy Award (OSCAR) in the category of BEST ACTING for his part in this movie. The movie is quite well done (being directed by Josef von Sternberg!) and is fascinating as being made with former Imperial officers inlcluding at least one former Russian general, viz. General Wietshelav Savitsky. The script was based on the true story of a Russian general emigre who arrived penniles in the USA General Lodijenski. Does anyone know ANYTYHING more about the biographies, photos, histories and eventual fates of either Generals Savitsky or Lodijenski? Definitely worth watching. Major segments have been uploaded to Youtube but apparently NOT the full movie. John Toronto Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo Posted 11 October , 2009 Share Posted 11 October , 2009 It's available on NTSC format VHS from Amazon.com. There's a page on Amazon.co.uk for the PAL version but it's given as unavailable. It has an entry in the IMDB, which includes some reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Sloper Posted 13 October , 2009 Share Posted 13 October , 2009 Thanks for posting this, it looks like a really good film so I must try and find a copy. Ally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilinsky Posted 8 March , 2016 Author Share Posted 8 March , 2016 This film is famous! Won the FIRST EVER Academy Award for Best Acting by Emil Jannings as an émigré Russian General playing himself in an American movie in Hollywood in the late 1920s! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6YrAGVHE9A This Youtube copy is probably better quality and more reliable. Check out Wikipedia for some incredible real life mirrored in art/film and vice versa! Ivan [ aka John ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken S. Posted 11 March , 2016 Share Posted 11 March , 2016 That's the full movie ripped from the Sternberg "3 Silent Classics" from Criterion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilinsky Posted 12 March , 2016 Author Share Posted 12 March , 2016 Sorry Ken I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James A Pratt III Posted 7 April , 2016 Share Posted 7 April , 2016 Other films about Russia during the WW I period on youtube: Admiral Nicholas and Alexandra (parts) Romanovs an Imperial Family The Fall of Eagles (miniseries) Lenin in 1918 Chapaev Battleship Potemkin Rasputin Dark Servent of Destiny White Sun of the Desert October Ten Days that shook the World (Note: there is a joke that more people were hurt during the filming of this movie than in the real October/November 1917 revolution) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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