I'm surprised that milestone video has this classic.Companies like this usually has only the best classics films and foreign picture to make their greedy buck with the fans pf popular film classics only, This is the best classic to us serious fans of classic movies.I'm surprised it was put out.You know turner classic movies would't show this film cause it don't fit their standards of what they consider a best classic.It's one of the few last silent film classics of the late 20's . Probablaey shot in 1928 and sound affects in 1929 about the time John Barrymore was shooting his first talking picture, which is lost, General Crack.This picture has all the elements of a German film. The mountain back drops,like the later German Heimat pictures would have, Dark shadow in the picture. These are the elements that was created in the German cinema and later destroyed by the Nazis.Ernest Lubitch took these things with him when he came to the United states to escape joining the film Reich's Kammer.the photography behind the mountain back drop is excellent. The story? The small village in the mountains of Switzerland has been took over by the swiss army. Until they leave all guns must be surrendered. Some one sees the sign and tries to get rid of it but the pastor, played by Hobart Bosworth , stops it expressing that it would be dangerous for the peace of the town.John Barrymore ,playing Marcus, is hunting for his dinner in the mountains, when everyone hears his gun noise after they given up their guns. The loose women in town or lets say the town slut goes,played ,by Mona Rico, shows up to him as he's leaving the mountains with his meat just to flirt with him and this annoys him.By the time he's back in town everybody is pressuring him to give up his gun for the safety of their village, He refuses until Ciglia, played by German actress Camilia Horne, persuades him.Marcus is in love with Ciglia and she begins to be in love with him too.But during a winter mask party as he get drunk he chases Ciglia scarring her. Pia takes advantage of this to seduce him.Later on when Ciglia and Marcus decides to get marries with her fathers consent it's spoiled when Pia find's out and tells her mother about what and tells Ciglias father who's the pastor. Marcus is force to give up Ciglia when he is forced to marry Pia. Ciglia is hear broken until Lorenz ,played Victor Varconi, courts her. They end up getting married but Cigia is still in live with Marcus.Complications happen when Lorenz fears Marcus still is in love with her when he tries to bribe him to leave the village. Eventually something bad happens to Lorenz and all the villagers are chasing after both Ciglia and Marcus and tragedy happens. This is typical of German film making in the United States. I gave it a 9 cause it was a little slow.
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