Mockery (1927)
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.
Director: Benjamin Christensen
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Lon Chaney as Sergei |
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Barbara Bedford as Countess Tatiana Alexandrova |
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Ricardo Cortez as Dimitri |
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Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Gaidaroff |
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Mack Swain as Vladimir Gaidaroff |
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Károly Huszár as Ivan |
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Kai Schmidt as Butler |
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Johnny Mack Brown as Russian Officer (uncredited) |
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Albert Conti as Military Commandant at Novokursk (uncredited) |
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Jules Cowles as Peasant Who Robs Tatiana (uncredited) |
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Frank Leigh as Outlaw Peasant in Cabin (uncredited) |
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Russ Powell as Man Taking Sergei to Ivan (uncredited) |
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Bud Rae as Russian Soldier (uncredited) |
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Michael Visaroff as Cossack Whipping Sergei (uncredited) |
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Tiny Jones as |
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Sam Savitsky as |
| Directing | Benjamin Christensen | Director |
| Camera | Merritt B. Gerstad | Director of Photography |
| Production | Erich Pommer | Producer |
| Art | Alexander Toluboff | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gilbert Clark | Costume Design |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Editing | John English | Editor |
| Writing | Stig Esbern | Story |
| Writing | Benjamin Christensen | Story |
| Writing | Bradley King | Writer |