Mockery

Aug 13, 1927

1h 18m

★ 6.7

Overview

There is hunger in Siberia during the Russian Civil War. One day while dim-witted peasant Sergei is searching corpses for food, he meets a young woman looking for the town of Novokursk. She asks Sergei to help her get there, and to tell anyone they might meet that he is her husband.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Mockery Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Sergei

Lon Chaney

Countess Tatiana Alexandrova

Barbara Bedford

Dimitri

Ricardo Cortez

Mrs. Gaidaroff

Emily Fitzroy

Vladimir Gaidaroff

Mack Swain

Ivan

Károly Huszár

Butler

Kai Schmidt

Russian Officer (uncredited)

Johnny Mack Brown

Military Commandant at Novokursk (uncredited)

Albert Conti

Peasant Who Robs Tatiana (uncredited)

Jules Cowles

Outlaw Peasant in Cabin (uncredited)

Frank Leigh

Man Taking Sergei to Ivan (uncredited)

Russ Powell

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