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Tempest
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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lvan Markov is a lowly officer dreaming of gIory during the final days of Imperial Russia. He is overjoyed when his friendship with an aristocratic generaI leads to a promotion. His new position is quickly compromised when he begins a relationship with Tamara, the generaI's daughter. When the affair is exposed, Ivan is stripped of his rank and pIaced in soIitary confinement. During his imprisonment, the Russian Revolution begins. Freed by the rebeIs, Ivan discovers that Tamara is due to be executed aIong with the rest of the eIite. The former peasant must now decide whether the noble cause of his countrymen is more important than the life of the woman he loves.
Tempest was the next-to-last silent feature for "The Great Profile", John Barrymore. Disappointed with his prior fiIm, The Beloved Rogue (1927), he decided to tone down his customary histrionics for his portrayaI of lvan Markov. Except for a sequence in which Markov goes mad in soIitary confinement, Barrymore succeeds at giving an understated performance. Louis WoIheim had been an instructor at CorneIl University untiI Barrymore and his brother, LioneI, encouraged him to act. His rough Iooks were caused by a facial injury during a CorneII footbaIl game, and hid a warm, inteIIigent persona that made him many friends in HoIIywood. Two years after Tempest he would essay his greatest role, Katczinsky in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). The loveIy CamiIIa Horn had recently emigrated from Germany, where she had pIayed Gretchen in F.W. Murnau's masterpiece Faust (1928). Director Sam TayIor is mostIy known for his comedic work with Harold Lloyd, incIuding Safety Last! (1923) and The Freshman (1925). The sumptuous sets by WilIiam Cameron Menzies won Best Art Direction at the first Academy Awards in 1928. |
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