loyalty,peasant,hunger,promise,uprising,countess,class differences,silent film,revolt,whipping,siberia,social unrest

Mockery (1927)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Benjamin Christensen
  • Profile picture of Lon Chaney
    Sergei Lon Chaney
  • Profile picture of Barbara Bedford
    Countess Tatiana Alexandrova Barbara Bedford
  • Profile picture of Ricardo Cortez
    Dimitri Ricardo Cortez
  • Profile picture of Emily Fitzroy
    Mrs. Gaidaroff Emily Fitzroy
  • Profile picture of Mack Swain
    Vladimir Gaidaroff Mack Swain
  • Profile picture of Károly Huszár
    Ivan Károly Huszár
  • Profile picture of Johnny Mack Brown
    Russian Officer (uncredited) Johnny Mack Brown
  • Profile picture of Albert Conti
    Military Commandant at Novokursk (uncredited) Albert Conti

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Keywords

  • loyalty
  • peasant
  • hunger
  • promise
  • uprising
  • countess
  • class differences
  • silent film
  • revolt
  • whipping
  • siberia
  • social unrest