The Legion of Death (1918)
Princess Marya and her brother, the Grand Duke Paul of Russia, are studying in the U.S. when word reaches them that Rasputin is to be killed. Paul is seized by Russian secret service men, but through Marya's appeal to Captain Rodney Willard, he is released. In Russia, Marya participates actively in the Revolution, while Willard, with whom she has fallen in love, joins the Allied Commission. Deeply troubled by the influence of German agents in Russia, Marya organizes the Legion of Death, a fighting unit of peasant women, and leads them into battle against the Germans. The legion suffers defeat and Marya is captured, but in the end, she wins her freedom.
Director: Tod Browning
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Edith Storey as Princess Marya |
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Philo McCullough as Captain Rodney Willard |
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Fred Malatesta as Grand Duke Paul |
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Charles K. Gerrard as Grand Duke Orlof |
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Pomeroy Cannon as Dmitri |
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Norma Nichols as Draya |
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R.O. Pennell as Czar |
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Grace Aide as Czarina |
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H.L. Swisher as Kerensky |
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Francis Marion as Czarevitch |
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Harry Moody as Makar |
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Irene Aldwyn as |
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Junior Beckner as |
| Directing | Tod Browning | Director |
| Writing | June Mathis | Writer |
| Crew | Harry Leslie Keepers | Cinematography |
