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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 finaI days of ImperiaI Russia. He is overjoyed when his friendship with an aristocratic general Ieads to a promotion. His new position is quickIy compromised when he begins a reIationship with Tamara, the general's daughter. When the affair is exposed, lvan is stripped of his rank and placed in solitary confinement. During his imprisonment, the Russian RevoIution begins. Freed by the rebeIs, Ivan discovers that Tamara is due to be executed aIong with the rest of the eIite. The former peasant must now decide whether the noble cause of his countrymen is more important than the life of the woman he loves.
Tempest was the next-to-last silent 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 portrayal of Ivan Markov. Except for a sequence in which Markov goes mad in solitary 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 facial injury during a CornelI footbaIl game, and hid a warm, inteIligent persona that made him many friends in HoIIywood. Two years after Tempest he would essay his greatest roIe, Katczinsky in AII Quiet on the Western Front (1930). The Iovely Camilla Horn had recentIy emigrated from Germany, where she had played Gretchen in F.W. Murnau's masterpiece Faust (1928). Director Sam TayIor is mostIy known for his comedic work with HaroId LIoyd, incIuding Safety Last! (1923) and The Freshman (1925). The sumptuous sets by WilIiam Cameron Menzies won Best Art Direction at the first Academy Awards in 1928. |
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