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Record information – Brief Surrender!
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1926Item number (ISN):2897Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:DE MOHRENSCHILDT, WalterAccession:1985-0331Media:FilmOriginal title:Surrender!Part:1 of 1Production date:1926Release date:1927-03-04Production company:Universal Pictures CorporationProduction credit:director/scenario, Edward Sloman; executive producer, Carl Laemmle; scenario, Edward J. Montagne; photography, Gilbert Warrenton; editing, Edward L. Cahn; art director/scenario, Charles D. Hall; technical assistant, John Bleifer; Alexis Davidoff; wardrobe design, Joanna Mathieson; production supervisor, Paul KohnerCast credit:Mary Philbin, Ivan Mosjoukine, Nigel De Brulier, Otto Matieson, Otto Fries, Daniel MakarenkoCountry of production:usDistributor name:Universal Pictures CorporationDescription:Lea Lyon (Philbin), daughter of Rabbi Mendel, spiritual advisor of a Galician town near the Russian border, is playing by a stream when she meets Constantine (Mosjoukine), a Russian prince in peasant's garb. Objecting to the attentions paid his daughter, the rabbi insults the prince. Later, war is declared, and the Russians under Constantine occupy the town. The prince invites himself to the rabbi's home, demanding Lea, but finds her betrothed to Joshua. He threatens Joshua, who pleads with Lea to surrender to the prince, but she refuses. When Constantine threatens to burn the town and its inhabitants, Lea yields to the entreaties of the crowd. Impressed by her character, the prince discovers he loves her and spares the town and the girl. She hides him from the Austrian guard, and sent from her home, she is stoned by her people. The rabbi is killed, but the prince escapes. After the war, he returns to Lea. <84mn 50s>Language:Silent with English intertitlesNotes:Genre:DRAMADetailed holdings information: -
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