"Knight Without Asthma" is what the "gwamowous Miss Dietwich" dubbed costar Wobert Donat upon his return to the set after a particularly nasty bout with chronic asthma. For a time the powers that be considered replacing him, but luckily Dietrich fought to keep Donat. It's a good thing, too,
because their teamwork is one of the highlights of this lavish, underrated spectacle.
About to be kicked out of Czarist Russia for writing an article critical of the state, Britisher Ainsley Fothergill (Donat) manages to stay when he is engaged as a spy for his native country. Investigating young radicals trying to overthrow the Czar, he meets one involved in a plot to kill G...
Released:
1937
Rated:
NR
Length:
107 mins