Tovarich (1937)
- Starring:
- Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, (more)
- Director(s):
- Anatole Litvak
Synopsis of Tovarich
Two members of the Russian monarchy pose as French servants while hiding the Czar's fortune. This unlikely plot is at the core of this successful 1937 Hollywood comedy-drama starring the French-born Charles Boyer as Prince Mikail Alexandrovitch Ouratieff. The prince and his wife, Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna (Claudette Colbert), are entrusted with a huge fortune by the Czar, which they take with them while fleeing the Bolshevik Revolution. They arrive in Paris and put all the money in a bank, not wanting to take any for themselves. To fend off poverty, they take a job as servants in the home of wealthy businessman Charles Dupont (Melville Cooper) and his wife Fernande (Isabel Jeans). At a dinner party, their secret is exposed by one of the invited guests, a top Soviet official named Gorotchenko (Basil Rathbone), who had tortured and interrogated Ouratieff before the prince left Russia. Gorotchenko now asks for the fortune to help Russia, which is in economic trouble. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
Complete Cast of Tovarich
- Claudette Colbert - Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna
- Basil Rathbone - Gorotchenko
- Melville Cooper - Charles Dupont
- Morris Carnovsky - Chauffourier-Dufieff
- Montagu Love - Courtoiv
- Fritz Feld - Martelleau
- Victor Kilian - Gendarme
- Doris Lloyd - Mme. Chauffourier-Dufieff
- Ferdinand Munier - Mr. Van Hemett
- Clifford Soubier - Grocer
- Tommy Bupp - Urchin
- Jerry Tucker - Urchin
- Torben Meyer - Servant
- Leo White - Assistant Hairdresser
- Charles Boyer - Prince Mikail Alexandrovitch Ouratieff
- Anita Louise - Helen Dupont
- Isabel Jeans - Fernande Dupont
- Maurice Murphy - Georges Dupont
- Renie Riano - Madame Courtoiv
- Heather Thatcher - Lady Kartegann
- May Boley - Louise
- Curt Bois - Alfonso
- Grace Hayle - Mme. Van Hemett
- Christian Rub - Trombone player
- Delmar Watson - Urchin
- Alphonse Martell - Hairdresser
- Gregory Gaye - Gen. Count Brekenski
- Director(s):
- Anatole Litvak
- Writer(s):
- Robert E. Sherwood, Casey Robinson
- Producer(s):
- Robert Lord
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