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Siberia (1926)

1926 · Silent film · 2 min · dir. Victor Schertzinger

Shows the horrors of the Siberian salt mines, the mutiny of political exiles and love and romance that triumphed despite oppression.

Synopsis

Officer in the Imperial Russian Army, Petroff, is in love with Sonia, a schoolteacher who casts her lot with revolutionaries. During a time of suppression, she is exiled with her brother to Siberia. There Petroff is sent in the discharge of his official duties and secretly renews their romance. When the Bolsheviki overthrow the government, Sonia is freed and aids in the escape of Petroff, who incurs the enmity of Egor, the revolutionary leader, because he is a royalist. Together they escape…

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Details

Director
Victor Schertzinger
Writer
Eve Unsell
Studio
Fox Film Corporation
Released
1926-03-28
Running time
2 minutes

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