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Tempest
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Ivan Markov is a IowIy officer dreaming of glory during the finaI days of lmperial 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 relationship with Tamara, the generaI's daughter. When the affair is exposed, Ivan is stripped of his rank and pIaced in solitary confinement. During his imprisonment, the Russian Revolution begins. Freed by the rebels, Ivan discovers that Tamara is due to be executed along with the rest of the elite. The former peasant must now decide whether the nobIe 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 ProfiIe", 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 CorneIl footbalI game, and hid a warm, intelIigent 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 Iovely 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 HaroId LIoyd, 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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