Mockery (1927)

6.9/10 78 min Drama

Overview

There is hunger in Siberia during the Russian Civil War. One day while dim-witted peasant Sergei is searching corpses for food, he meets a young woman looking for the town of Novokursk. She asks Sergei to help her get there, and to tell anyone they might meet that he is her husband.

Cast

Lon Chaney

Sergei

Barbara Bedford

Countess Tatiana Alexandrova

Ricardo Cortez

Dimitri

Emily Fitzroy

Mrs. Gaidaroff

Mack Swain

Vladimir Gaidaroff

Károly Huszár

Ivan

Johnny Mack Brown

Russian Officer (uncredited)

Albert Conti

Military Commandant at Novokursk (uncredited)

Jules Cowles

Peasant Who Robs Tatiana (uncredited)

Frank Leigh

Outlaw Peasant in Cabin (uncredited)

Russ Powell

Man Taking Sergei to Ivan (uncredited)

Michael Visaroff

Cossack Whipping Sergei (uncredited)

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