Forbidden Paradise
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Alexei, a young officer, saves the Czarina of a small European kingdom from revolutionary conspirators and is rewarded with her love. Infatuated, he deserts his sweetheart, Anna, the Czarina's lady-in-waiting, only to discover that his Queen is far from true to him. Desperate, he joins the revolutionists and plots against her. The Czarina pleads that she loves only him, and he swears no harm will befall her. Meantime the chancellor nips the revolution in the bud, and the Czarina orders Alexei's arrest. But she causes herself such unhappiness in doing so that she releases him from prison, relinquishes him to Anna, and seeks solace in a new affair with the French Ambassador
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Cast
19 people
Pola Negri
Catherine
Known for
The Moon-Spinners
Rod La Rocque
Capt. Alexei Czerny
Known for
Meet John Doe
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Ernst Lubitsch
Hans Dreier
Lajos Biró
Adolphe Menjou
Chancellor
Known for
Paths of Glory
The Front Page
Agnes Christine Johnston
Howard Greer
Pauline Starke
Anna
Also in
The Arizona Express
The Viking
Hanns Kräly
Charles Van Enger
Fred Malatesta
French ambassador
Known for
Modern Times
Sherlock Holmes
Ernst Lubitsch Director · Hanns Kräly Writer Agnes Christine Johnston Writer
Budget $1.9M · United States release November 16, 1924 · Produced in United States
Box office
Budget
$1,924,000
Production
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · January 2, 1924
Theatrical
United States · November 16, 1924
New York City, New York
Argentina
August 22, 1926
Austria
January 1, 1925
Canada
May 7, 1925 · Regina, Saskatchewan
Denmark
March 4, 1926
Finland
January 4, 1926
Portugal
December 6, 1927
Switzerland
August 14, 2010 · Locarno Film Festival
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