The Scarlet Lady

Aug 1, 1928

1h 12m

★ 7.0

Overview

The film follows Lya, a woman seeking refuge from Cossack soldiers, who finds herself at the palace of Prince Nicholas. She becomes his majordomo and they fall in love, but their relationship is disrupted when Nicholas learns of her past with a Bolshevik leader. Lya is expelled, becomes a terrorist, and later encounters Nicholas again, now disguised as a servant. When Nicholas is sentenced to death, she rescues him and they escape together.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Lya

Lya De Putti

Prince Nicholas Karloff

Don Alvarado

Ivan Zaneriff

Warner Oland

Valet

Otto Matieson

Princess Olga

Jacqueline Gadsden

Captain

John S. Peters

Theodore Lodi

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