''Resurrection'' is a 1918 American
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Edward José and written by
Leo Tolstoy
Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...
and
Charles E. Whittaker. The film stars
Pauline Frederick,
Robert Elliott,
John St. Polis
John M. St. Polis (born John Marie Sainpolis; November 24, 1873 – October 8, 1946) was an American actor.
Biography
St. Polis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Before starting his film career, he made a name for himself on the Broadway ...
, and Jere Austin. The film was released on May 19, 1918, by
Paramount Pictures
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. It is not known whether the film currently
survives, so it may be a
lost film
A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress.
Conditions
During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...
.
Plot
As described in a
film magazine,
Katusha (Frederick), a servant, betrayed by Prince Nekludov (Elliott), a Russian officer and member of nobility, is forced through the inexorable Russian custom to become a woman of the streets. As a social outcast she is accused of the murder of prominent merchant and sentenced to Siberia by a jury on which the army officer is a member. Overcome by remorse he seeks the Czar and obtains a pardon for Katusha. Upon his arrival in Siberia he gives her the pardon and offers, in atonement for the wrong he has done her, to make her his wife. In the meantime, however, she has been taught right living by Simonson (St. Polis), a peasant, and is determined to stay with him until his sentence is complete.
Cast
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Pauline Frederick as Katusha
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Robert Elliott as Prince Nekludov
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John St. Polis
John M. St. Polis (born John Marie Sainpolis; November 24, 1873 – October 8, 1946) was an American actor.
Biography
St. Polis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Before starting his film career, he made a name for himself on the Broadway ...
as Simonson
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Jere Austin
Jere Austin (1876–1927) was an American silent film actor from Minnesota. He was born John Van Akin Austin and he began in films in 1914 and made his last appearance in Cecil B. DeMille's ''King of Kings'' (1927). Austin had entered films wi ...
as Shenbok
See also
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A Woman's Resurrection'' (1915)
References
External links
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1918 films
1910s English-language films
Silent American drama films
1918 drama films
Paramount Pictures films
Films directed by Edward José
Films based on Resurrection
American black-and-white films
American silent feature films
Films set in Russia
1910s American films
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