"After the Russian Revolution, Civil war raged in the Crimea, bringing in its wake chaos and misery and unscrupulous men."
It is after the revolution Jeanne and her father record the events. Looks like her father is on the losing side when the Red Army arrives. He is dispatched and she is sent to Paris. That is where the story of the revolution ends and a good old-fashioned mystery begins, from the loss of a diamond to even possibly murder.
I always knew that the movie was a classic but other than G. W. Pabst (I have quite a few of his films); I just realized that this was from a novel by Ilja Ehrenburg. Looks like I have some reading to do. And I was surprised to see Brigitte Helm (Metropolis - The Creative Man/The Machine Man/Death/The Seven Deadly Sins/Maria). This film has many facets.
It is after the revolution Jeanne and her father record the events. Looks like her father is on the losing side when the Red Army arrives. He is dispatched and she is sent to Paris. That is where the story of the revolution ends and a good old-fashioned mystery begins, from the loss of a diamond to even possibly murder.
I always knew that the movie was a classic but other than G. W. Pabst (I have quite a few of his films); I just realized that this was from a novel by Ilja Ehrenburg. Looks like I have some reading to do. And I was surprised to see Brigitte Helm (Metropolis - The Creative Man/The Machine Man/Death/The Seven Deadly Sins/Maria). This film has many facets.