Surrender

Jan 2, 1927

1h 18m

★ 6.5

Overview

Lea Lyon, the daughter of a rabbi, lives happily with her father in their Gulicinu village, but there are rumblings of war. Soon, the village is overrun with the Imperial troops of the Russian Czar, with Constantine in Imperial command. He is attracted by the beauty of Lea and commands her to come to his quarters. She refuses and he is outraged. He orders the townspeople barred behind their doors and the village burned. Though she loves her honor above everything else, she can not bear to see the villagers suffer, and makes the lonely walk through the village to the Inn.

Genres

Drama

Action

Romance

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Lea Lyon

Mary Philbin

Constantine

Ivan Mosjoukine

Joshua

Otto Matieson

Rabbi Mendel Lyon

Nigel De Brulier

Tarras

Otto Fries

Russian General

Daniel Makarenko

Little Jewish Girl

Lassie Lou Ahern

Peasant Farmer

John Bleifer

Tavern Keeper

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