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DRAMA

In 18th-Century Russia, the Czar, Paul, is surrounded by murderous plots and trusts only Count Pahlen. Pahlen wishes to protect his friend, the mad king, but because of the horror of the king's acts, he feels that he must remove him from the throne.

name	character
Harry Cording	Stefan
Neil Hamilton	Crown Prince Alexander
Emil Jannings	Czar Paul I
Lewis Stone	Count Pahlen
Florence Vidor	Countess Ostermann
Vera Voronina	Mademoiselle Lapoukhine

name
Max Bergunker	composer
Gerard Carbonara	composer
Ashley Dukes	writer (original)
Julian Johnson	writer (original)
Hanns Kräly	screenplay
Ernst Lubitsch	director, producer
Domenico Savino	composer

year	award	category	name
1929	Academy Award	Best Screenplay	Hanns Kräly