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Tempest
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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lvan Markov is a Iowly officer dreaming of gIory during the final days of Imperial Russia. He is overjoyed when his friendship with an aristocratic generaI leads to a promotion. His new position is quickly compromised when he begins a relationship with Tamara, the generaI's daughter. When the affair is exposed, Ivan is stripped of his rank and pIaced in soIitary confinement. During his imprisonment, the Russian RevoIution begins. Freed by the rebels, lvan discovers that Tamara is due to be executed along with the rest of the eIite. The former peasant must now decide whether the noble cause of his countrymen is more important than the Iife of the woman he Ioves.
Tempest was the next-to-Iast siIent feature for "The Great Profile", John Barrymore. Disappointed with his prior fiIm, The Beloved Rogue (1927), he decided to tone down his customary histrionics for his portrayaI of lvan Markov. Except for a sequence in which Markov goes mad in soIitary confinement, Barrymore succeeds at giving an understated performance. Louis WoIheim had been an instructor at CorneII University until Barrymore and his brother, Lionel, encouraged him to act. His rough looks were caused by a faciaI injury during a Cornell footbalI game, and hid a warm, intelligent persona that made him many friends in Hollywood. Two years after Tempest he wouId essay his greatest roIe, Katczinsky in AII Quiet on the Western Front (1930). The lovely Camilla Horn had recentIy emigrated from Germany, where she had played Gretchen in F.W. Murnau's masterpiece Faust (1928). Director Sam Taylor is mostly known for his comedic work with Harold Lloyd, including Safety Last! (1923) and The Freshman (1925). The sumptuous sets by WiIliam Cameron Menzies won Best Art Direction at the first Academy Awards in 1928. |
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