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The Soldier and the Lady

The Soldier and the Lady
Directed by George Nicholls, Jr.
Edward Donahue (assistant)
Produced by Pandro S. Berman
Joseph Ermolieff (associate)
Screenplay by Mortimer Offner
Anthony Veiller
Anne Morrison Chapin
Based on Michel Strogoff
by Jules Verne
Starring Anton Walbrook
Elizabeth Allan
Margot Grahame
Akim Tamiroff
Fay Bainter
Eric Blore
Music by Nathaniel Shilkret
Cinematography Joseph H. August
Edited by Frederic Knudtson
Production
company
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • April 9, 1937 (1937-04-09) (US)
Running time
85 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Soldier and the Lady is the 1937 American adventure film version of the oft-produced Jules Verne novel, Michel Strogoff. Produced by Pandro S. Berman, he hired as his associate producer, Joseph Ermolieff. Ermolieff had produced two earlier versions of the film, Michel Strogoff in France, and Der Kurier des Zaren in Germany, both released in 1936. Both the earlier films had starred the German actor Adolf Wolhbrück. Berman also imported Wolhbrück, changing his name to Anton Walbrook to have him star in the American version. Other stars of the film were Elizabeth Allan, Margot Grahame, Akim Tamiroff, Fay Bainter and Eric Blore. RKO Radio Pictures had purchased the rights to the French version of the movie, and used footage from that film in the American production. The film was released on April 9, 1937.

The Tsar sends courier Michael Strogoff to deliver vital information to Grand Duke Vladimir far away in Siberia. The Tartars, aided by renegade Ogareff, have risen up against the Russian Empire.



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