Anton Walbrook
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The Soldier and the Lady: Directed by George Nicholls Jr.. With Anton Walbrook, Elizabeth Allan, Akim Tamiroff, Margot Grahame. A Russian courier struggles to deliver a message to the troops fighting Tartar invaders.
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- Adventure, History, Romance
- George Nicholls Jr.
- 1937-04-09
The Soldier and the Lady is the 1937 American adventure film version of the oft-produced 1876 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 The Czar's Courier in Germany, both released ...
Retitled The Soldier and the Lady (1937), the film only broke even at the box office. Anton Walbrook drifted to Great Britain, where he took the lead in the original film adaptation of Gaslight (1940), though he was replaced by Charles Boyer in the 1944 MGM remake. Co- producer Ermolieff later shopped his original footage to Mexico, where it ...
- George Nicholls Jr., Edward Donahue
- Anton Walbrook
Grahame falls for the Walbrook character and when he and his new love, Elizabeth Allan, are captured along with Fay Bainter, Walbrook's mother, she aids them. This is a fierce story of looting, burning and killing during these Tartar raids. A good film depicting the over powering of good versus evil.
The Soldier and the Lady. In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II (Paul Harvey) sends soldier Michael Strogoff (Anton Walbrook) 2,000 miles away, with a critical message for Grand ...
- Dennis Schwartz
- Adventure
- George Nichols Jr.
On a boat to Omsk, Michael saves Zangarra from a bear attack, and in appreciation, she prevents his assassination by Ogareff's henchman Vasiley. Then while Michael, Zangarra and Nadia are traveling by ferry, Tartars attack, and Nadia is captured and Michael, wounded. After awakening in a shepherd's hut, Michael realizes he is behind enemy lines.
In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles away, with a critical message for Grand Duke Vladimir. On the train journey, Michael befriends a traveler and comes into contact with a mysterious spy, who both unexpectedly aid him in his quest. Once behind enemy lines, Michael is near his hometown and his mother, whom he must avoid in order to ...
