The Case of Sergeant Grischa
Cast & Crew
Herbert Brenon
Chester Morris
Betty Compson
Alec B. Francis
Gustav Von Seyffertitz
Jean Hersholt
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Synopsis
On a winter's night in 1917, Sgt. Grischa Paprotkin of the Russian army escapes from a German prison camp in Poland and goes to see his wife, Babka, and his newborn child. He lives with Babka for a while; but he is dominated by a desire to return to Russia, and Babka aids him by passing him off as a dead soldier. While seeking food from a friend, Grischa is captured and condemned to death as a spy by Schieffenzahn, German commander on the Eastern Front. His true identity is established, and his nephew Winfried and Advocate Posnanski try to have the order reversed, but with no success. Posing as a peddler, Babka plans for his escape, but Grischa places his faith in General von Lychow, who after a stormy confrontation with Schieffenzahn, sends an order to cancel the death sentence; but the telegram fails to arrive because of a storm. Broken in spirit, Grischa willingly goes to his execution, rejecting his friend's attempts to save him.
Director
Herbert Brenon
Cast
Chester Morris
Betty Compson
Alec B. Francis
Gustav Von Seyffertitz
Jean Hersholt
Paul Mcallister
Layland Hodgson
Raymond Whitaker
Bernard Siegel
Frank Mccormack
Percy Barbette
Hal Davis
Crew
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