Siberia (1926 film)
| Siberia | |
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Fox Film Corporation | |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 reels, 6,950 feet |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Siberia is a lost 1926 American
Fox Film Corporation.[1] Made on a relatively high budget of around $250,000, it was considered a disappointment and barely made back its costs.[2]
Plot
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The Imperial Russian Army officer Leonid Petroff and the pro-revolutionary schoolteacher Sonia Vronsky fall in love. She is exiled to Siberia with her brother Kyrill, but Petroff is posted there and they continue their romance. After the October Revolution Vronsky and Petroff escape the country while being pursued by the Bolshevik leader Egor Kaplan.[3]
Cast
- Alma Rubens as Sonia Vronsky
- Edmund Lowe as Leonid Petroff
- Lou Tellegen as Egor Kaplan
- Tom Santschi as Alexis Vetkin
- Paul Panzer as Commandant
- Vadim Uraneff as Kyrill Vronsky
- Lilyan Tashman as Beautiful blonde
- Helena D'Algy as Beautiful brunette
- James A. Marcusas Andrei Vronsky
- Daniel Makarenko as Governor
- Harry Gripp as Ivan the Nameless
- Sammy Blum as Feodor
Preservation
With no prints of Siberia in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.[5]
See also
Bibliography
- Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011.
References
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Siberia
- ^ Solomon p. 89
- ^ "Siberia". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Siberia
- ^ Siberia at Arne Anderson's Lost Film Files: Lost Fox films - 1926
External links
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- Siberia at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
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- Still at silenthollywood.com
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