Redemption

Release Date: 1930-04-05

Overview: In Russia in the early 1900s, Fedya, a handsome, self-indulgent womanizer, falls in love with and marries Lisa, his friend Victor's fiancée. Fedya quickly tires of domestic life and resumes his profligate ways, drinking and gambling away his family's fortune. Lisa refuses to leave him despite his deplorable ways, so he takes drastic measures to ensure that she will no longer be harmed by his actions and reputation.

Rating: 4.5 / 10

Cast

John Gilbert

as Fedya Protasoff

Renée Adorée

as Masha

Conrad Nagel

as Victor Karenin

Eleanor Boardman

as Lisa Protasoff

Claire McDowell

as Anna Pavlovna

Crew

Fred Niblo - Director
Dorothy Farnum - Writer
Arthur Hopkins - Theatre Play
Edwin Justus Mayer - Dialogue
Leo Tolstoy - Novel

Reviews

Frank F:

An early talkie that was made very much in the style of a silent film, which is sadly very distracting. The dialogue is thin, very predictable and overly dramatic. The story drags on with one scene fo...