Resurrection


1927

Brief Synopsis

Katusha, a country girl, is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov. Nekludov finds himself, years later, on a jury trying the same Katusha for a crime he now realizes his actions drove her to. He follows her to imprisonment in Siberia, intent on redeeming her and himself as well.

Film Details

Release Date
Mar 19, 1927
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Edwin Carewe Productions; Inspiration Pictures
Distribution Company
United Artists
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Voskraeseniye (Resurrection) by Leo Tolstoy (Moscow, 1899).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
9,120ft (10 reels)

Synopsis

Prince Dimitri comes from St. Petersburg to spend the summer in a rural district and falls in love with Katusha, an orphaned peasant girl who works for his relatives. Later, en route to the Turkish-Russian front, Dimitri's regiment bivouacs near the village, and Katusha secretly yields to his passion; her condition soon arouses the suspicions of her aunt, and she is sent from the home in disgrace. Bereft by the death of her child, Katusha is eventually reduced to prostitution as a livelihood, and she finds herself imprisoned on a charge of poisoning and robbing a merchant. Dimitri, summoned to the jury at her trial, feels his responsibility and agrees to marry her. Though innocent of the crime, she is banished to Siberia; their old love is rekindled, but she refuses to become his wife and bears exile alone.

Film Details

Release Date
Mar 19, 1927
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Edwin Carewe Productions; Inspiration Pictures
Distribution Company
United Artists
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Voskraeseniye (Resurrection) by Leo Tolstoy (Moscow, 1899).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
9,120ft (10 reels)

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