One of acclaimed German actor Emil Jannings' first American pictures, directed by Austrian expatriate Josef von Sternberg and tailor-made to suit Jannings' skills and screen persona.
Sergius Alexander (Jannings) is a broken-down old man, living in a Hollywood rooming house and working as a $7.50 a day extra, barely able to keep up with the vicious competition for work. Expatriate Russian director Leo Andreiev (William Powell), once a revolutionary agitator, recognizes the old
man's photo: He was once a high-ranking general in the Russian army, the commander-in-chief of the Czar's army. Alexander was also in love with a young woman named Natascha (Evelyn Brent), ...
Released:
1928
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins