In this technically and artistically terrific yarn about espionage during the early days of the Russian revolution, Leslie Howard and Kay Francis handle their curious star roles with power and conviction. Howard is British consul-general in Russia just before the Bolshevik takeover of
the Czarist government. Russia wanted to break away from the Allies in WW I and sign a separate peace treaty with the Germans, who would then help fight the revolutionaries. Howard is so determined in his belief that Russia must remain an ally that, against his government's orders, he wages a
one-man war on Bolshevism. Enter Francis, secretary to Lenin (Tenen Holtz). Howard accidental...
Released:
1934
Rated:
NR
Length:
75 mins