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The Lame Gentleman
The Lame Gentleman
	German poster
Directed by	Konstantin Eggert
Written by	Georgiy Grebner; Aleksei Tolstoy;
Cinematography	Louis Forestier
Production; company	Mezhrabpomfilm
Release date	5 February 1929;
Country	Soviet Union
Languages	Silent; Russian intertitles;

The Lame Gentleman (Russian: Хромой барин) is a 1929 Soviet silent film directed by Konstantin Eggert.^[1]

The film's art direction was by Vladimir Yegorov.

Plot

Based on the short story of the same name by Alexei Tolstoy.

Prince Krasnopolski seduces a peasant girl named Sasha. Soon, the aristocrat becomes infatuated with the daughter of the landowner Volkov and abandons Sasha. In despair, the girl throws herself into the river.

The happiness built upon the girl's demise proves to be fragile. Eventually, the prince meets his end at the hands of Sasha's sister.

Cast

References

^ Christie & Taylor p.430

Bibliography

Christie, Ian & Taylor, Richard. The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939. Routledge, 2012.

External links

The Lame Gentleman at IMDb

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[1] Christie & Taylor p.430

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