The World and the Flesh
5.3
During the 1917 Russian revolution, a group of artistocrats find themselves in the custody of a brutal Communist revolutionary. He lusts after one of them, a ballerina, and gives her an ultimatum: give in to him or her friends will face the firing squad.
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Cast
26 people
George Bancroft
Kylenko
Known for
Stagecoach
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Miriam Hopkins
Maria Yaskaya
Known for
Trouble in Paradise
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
John Cromwell
Karl Struss
Oliver H.P. Garrett
Alan Mowbray
Dimitri
Known for
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Terror by Night
John Leipold
Ernst Spitz
George E. Stone
Rutchkin
Known for
Some Like It Hot
Perry Mason
Oliver H.P. Garrett
Phillipp Zeska
Mitchell Lewis
Sukhanov
Known for
The Docks of New York
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
John Cromwell Director · Oliver H.P. Garrett Writer Ernst Spitz Author
United States release April 22, 1932 · Produced in United States
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Distribution
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 22, 1932
Theatrical
Australia
July 30, 1932
Denmark
August 26, 1932
Portugal
November 14, 1932
Sweden
September 12, 1932
United Kingdom
July 8, 1932 · London
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