Knight Without Armour

Unrated

7/23/19371h 40m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The woman of flame -- the man of steel -- together ! ~

Overview:

British agent working in Russia is forced to remain longer than planned once the revolution begins. After being released from prison in Siberia he poses as a Russian Commissar. Because of his position among the revolutionaries, he is able to rescue a Russian countess from the Bolsheviks.

Director:

Jacques Feyder

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

rescue
undercover agent
countess
siberia
bolshevik
1910s

Cast

Marlene Dietrich

~ as ~

Countess Alexandra Vladinoff

Robert Donat

~ as ~

Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov

Irene Vanbrugh

~ as ~

Duchess of Zorin

Herbert Lomas

~ as ~

General Gregor Vladinoff

Austin Trevor

~ as ~

Col. Adraxine

Basil Gill

~ as ~

Axelstein

David Tree

~ as ~

Alexis Maronin

John Clements

~ as ~

Poushkoff

Frederick Culley

~ as ~

Stanfield

Laurence Hanray

~ as ~

Forrester

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
Now you've got to keep an eye on the plot in this little espionage/counter espionage thriller as Robert Donat is a Brit sent to spy on the Bolsheviks and gets caught up in all sorts of shenanigans that lands him in Siberia until 1917 when, amidst all the chaos he alights upon the beautiful "Countess" (Marlene Dietrich) and both have to try and get the hell out of a rapidly imploding Russia. The two stars gel quite well, once they start sharing scenes together and although the story follows a pretty well trodden path, the two , together with a few familiar faces from British cinema (John Clements, Irene Vanbrugh and a rather good, drunken, Miles Malleson) manage to keep this slightly over-long escape story going. Harry Stradling's photography re-creates well the coldness of the Russian climate (from Buckinghamshire!) and the eeriness and devastation of a messy, brutal revolution and Lajos Biró's adaptation of the novel keeps pretty much to the plot.