Le Vertige
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The film opens with the overthrow of the Czar during the 1917 Russian revolution. The family of General Count Svirsky (Roger Karl) cower in their home, certain that the mobs of angry peasants will tear them apart. But even in this moment of crisis, Svirsky can find time to murder the young officer who has been having an affair with Countess Svirska (Emmy Lynn). The Countess knows what has happened, but she loyally remains with her husband as they escape to the safety of the French Riviera. It is here that the Countess meets Henri de Cassel (Jaque Catelain), the “living image” of her dead lover.
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Cast
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Jaque Catelain
Henri de Cassel - le sosie de Dimitrieff, abattu par Svirsky
Also in
The Inhuman Woman
The Man of the Sea
Roger Karl
Le général Svirsky - le mari jaloux de Natacha
Also in
The Man of the Sea
The Woman from Nowhere
Marcel L'Herbier
Also in
Infatuation
Emmy Lynn
Natacha Svirsky - une émigrée russe qui croit reconnaître son amant mort à Nice
Also in
The Torture of Silence
The Tenth Symphony
Charles Méré
Claire Prélia
Mme de Cassel
Also in
El Dorado
The Gallery of Monsters
Alexej Bondireff
Louis
Also in
Mauprat
Mists of Paris
Leo Da Costa
Un chef révolutionnaire
Also in
Little Devil May Care
Andrews Engelmann
Petroff
Known for
Diary of a Lost Girl
Gaston Jacquet
Charançon
Also in
A Man's Head
David Golder
Marcel L'Herbier Director · Charles Méré Writer
United States release June 3, 1928 · Produced in France
Production
Cinégraphic
Production
France
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Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · July 5, 1926
Theatrical
United States · June 3, 1928
New York City, New York
Austria
January 1, 1927
Finland
March 28, 1927
Germany
January 1, 1927
Portugal
May 30, 1927
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