Resurrection | |
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Film poster
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Directed by | Edwin Carewe |
Produced by | Edwin Carewe |
Written by | Edwin Carewe Finis Fox Leon Tolstoi (Novel) |
Starring |
Dolores del Río Rod La Rocque Rita Carewe Matt MacDermott |
Cinematography | Robert Kurrle |
Edited by | Jeanne Spencer |
Distributed by | Edwin Carewe Productions |
Release date
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March 19, 1927 |
Running time
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100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Resurrection is a 1927 Hollywood adaptation of the Leo Tolstoy novel Resurrection. Filmmaker Edwin Carewe adapted the book to a feature-length silent production starring Dolores del Río and featuring an appearance by Ilya Tolstoy who co-wrote the script. In 1931, Edwin Carewe directed an all-talking remake of this film starred by Lupe Vélez.
Katyusha, a country girl, is seduced and abandoned by Prince Dimitry. Dimitry finds himself, years later, on a jury trying the same Katyusha 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.
Cited with approval in Frankel, Viktor E., "Man's Search for Meaning," ca. 1945.