This fine adaptation of Tolstoy's oft-filmed novel
Resurrection begins in the countryside of Czarist Russia.
Fredric March is a young prince in love with Anna Sten, a servant girl with whom he has grown up. The dashing March seduces her, only to slip away the next morning. He then forgets all about the girl, who, it turns out, is pregnant with his child. The child dies and Sten, accompanied only by
another servant, buries its tiny coffin in unconsecrated ground. Seven years pass and March is engaged to Jane Baxter, the daughter of another prince, C. Aubrey Smith, who invites March to sit as a juror on a case he is trying involving a prostitute charged wit...
Released:
1934
Rated:
NR
Length:
85 mins