A Spectre Haunts Europe ( 1923 )

Overview

Set in an imaginary land where the threat of revolution spurs the Emperor to seek exile in one of the most distant parts of his realm. There he meets Elka, the daughter of a revolutionary who has been banished here due to his confrontational activities. The two fall in love but meet a violent end when the revolutionaries, led by Elka's father, destroy the palace.

Top Cast

Oleg Frelikh

The emperor

Zoya Barantsevich

The empress

Iona Talanov

The chamberlain

Lidiya Iskritskaya-Gardina

Elka, young fisherwoman

Vasili Kovrigin

Elka's father, old fisherman

Ivan Kapralov

Airplane pilot

Vladimir Egorov

Khmuriy

Yevgenii Gryaznov

Karl Tomskyi