Tempest

Not Shakespeare, but a melodramatic epic of love against a backdrop of revolution. Russian peasant Ivan Markov (John Barrymore) joins the cavalry and rises to the rank of sergeant. He aspires to be an officer, though he's warned by his fellow soldiers that no peasant has been commissioned in a decade. While swimming with several fellow soldiers, he meets Princess Tamara (Camilla Horn); he returns her clothing after another cavalryman has playfully stolen it, but she blames him for the prank and beats him viciously with her riding crop. Nevertheless, there is a spark between them, which creates some awkwardness since Princess Tamara's life is already full of militar...