Mockery (1927)
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One of the rare American films directed by Danish auteur Benjamin Christensen, Mockery stars Lon Chaney Sr. as a half-witted Russian peasant. On the verge of starvation, Chaney is hired to guide a beautiful countess (Barbara Bedford) through the treacherous Siberian wastes. Once he arrives at the countess' home territory, Chaney is swept up by the Bolshevik movement. He comes to despise the aristocracy in general and the countess in particular, but the young woman's kindness towards him weakens his revolutionary resolve. Long thought lost, Mockery was rediscovered and preserved in the mid-1970s; the film was based on a story by Stig Esbern. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lon Chaney, Ricardo Cortez, (more)
- Director(s):
- Benjamin Christensen
Synopsis of Mockery
One of the rare American films directed by Danish auteur Benjamin Christensen, Mockery stars Lon Chaney Sr. as a half-witted Russian peasant. On the verge of starvation, Chaney is hired to guide a beautiful countess (Barbara Bedford) through the treacherous Siberian wastes. Once he arrives at the countess' home territory, Chaney is swept up by the Bolshevik movement. He comes to despise the aristocracy in general and the countess in particular, but the young woman's kindness towards him weakens his revolutionary resolve. Long thought lost, Mockery was rediscovered and preserved in the mid-1970s; the film was based on a story by Stig Esbern. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Mockery
- Lon Chaney - Sergei
- Barbara Bedford - Tatiana
- Emily Fitzroy - Mrs. Gaidaroff
- Kai Schmidt - Butler
- Ricardo Cortez - Dimitri
- Mack Swain - Mr. Gaidaroff
- Charles Puffy - Ivan
- Johnny Mack Brown - Officer at table
- Director(s):
- Benjamin Christensen
- Writer(s):
- Benjamin Christensen, Bradley King
- Producer(s):
- Erich Pommer
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