
The World and the Flesh
Drama
Overview
During the 1917 Russian revolution, a group of artistocrats find themselves in the custody of a brutal Communist revolutionary. He lusts after one of them, a ballerina, and gives her an ultimatum: give in to him or her friends will face the firing squad.
Top Cast


George Bancroft
George Bancroft
Kylenko
George Bancroft
Kylenko


Miriam Hopkins
Miriam Hopkins
Maria Yaskaya
Miriam Hopkins
Maria Yaskaya


Alan Mowbray
Alan Mowbray
Dimitri
Alan Mowbray
Dimitri


George E. Stone
George E. Stone
Rutchkin
George E. Stone
Rutchkin


Mitchell Lewis
Mitchell Lewis
Sukhanov
Mitchell Lewis
Sukhanov


Max Wagner
Max Wagner
Vorobiov
Max Wagner
Vorobiov


Harry Cording
Harry Cording
Ivanovitch
Harry Cording
Ivanovitch


Emmett Corrigan
Emmett Corrigan
Gen. Spiro
Emmett Corrigan
Gen. Spiro


Oscar Apfel
Oscar Apfel
Banker
Oscar Apfel
Banker


Reginald Barlow
Reginald Barlow
Markov
Reginald Barlow
Markov
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