Siberia (1926 film)

Siberia
Siberia
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Directed by	Victor Schertzinger; William Tummel(ass't director)
Written by	Eve Unsell
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	Alma Rubens; Edmund Lowe ; Tom Santschi
Cinematography	Glen MacWilliams; Robert Martin
Production; company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	March 28, 1926;
Running time	7 reels, 6,950 feet
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Siberia is a lost 1926 American silent drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Alma Rubens, Edmund Lowe, and Tom Santschi. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation.^[1] Made on a relatively high budget of around $250,000, it was considered a disappointment and barely made back its costs.^[2]

Plot

The Imperial Russian Army officer Leonid Petroff and the pro-revolutionary schoolteacher Sonia Vronsky fall in love. She is exiled to Siberia with her brother Kyrill, but Petroff is posted there and they continue their romance. After the October Revolution Vronsky and Petroff escape the country while being pursued by the Bolshevik leader Egor Kaplan.^[3]

Cast

Alma Rubens as Sonia Vronsky
Edmund Lowe as Leonid Petroff
Lou Tellegen as Egor Kaplan
Tom Santschi as Alexis Vetkin
Paul Panzer as Commandant
Vadim Uraneff as Kyrill Vronsky
Lilyan Tashman as Beautiful blonde
Helena D'Algy as Beautiful brunette
James A. Marcus as Andrei Vronsky
Daniel Makarenko as Governor
Harry Gripp as Ivan the Nameless
Sammy Blum as Feodor

Preservation

With no prints of Siberia in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.^[5]

Bibliography

Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011.

References

^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Siberia
^ Solomon p. 89
^ "Siberia". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Siberia
^ Siberia at Arne Anderson's Lost Film Files: Lost Fox films - 1926

External links

Siberia at IMDb
Lantern slide
Still at silenthollywood.com

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[1] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Siberia

[2] Solomon p. 89

[3] "Siberia". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.

[4] The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Siberia

[5] Siberia at Arne Anderson's Lost Film Files: Lost Fox films - 1926

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