The Patriot
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In 18th-Century Russia, the Czar, Paul, is surrounded by murderous plots and trusts only Count Pahlen. Pahlen wishes to protect his friend, the mad king, but because of the horror of the king's acts, he feels that he must remove him from the throne.
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Cast
11 people
Emil Jannings
Czar Paul I
Known for
The Blue Angel
The Last Laugh
Florence Vidor
Countess Ostermann
Also in
The Marriage Circle
Old Wives for New
Lewis Stone
Count Pahlen
Known for
The Lost World
Grand Hotel
Vera Voronina
Mademoiselle Lapoukhine
Also in
Call of the Blood
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Neil Hamilton
Crown Prince Alexander
Known for
Batman
Tarzan the Ape Man
Harry Cording
Stefan
Known for
The Black Cat
Dressed to Kill
Nicholas Kobliansky
Also in
The Walking Dead
Everything Happens at Night
Sam Savitsky
Also in
The Scarlet Empress
Mockery
Alexander Skonnikov
Tullio Carminati
Minor Role (uncredited)
Known for
Roman Holiday
El Cid
Carmencita Johnson
Baby (uncredited)
Known for
The Wind
Ernst Lubitsch Director · Hanns Kräly Writer Julian Johnson Writer
Budget $1M · United States release September 1, 1928 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$1,000,000
Production
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 17, 1928
Premiere
United States · September 1, 1928
Theatrical
Denmark
December 26, 1928 · Theatrical
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