Story of movie Tempest 1928 Film : Tempest is a 1928 feature silent film directed by Sam Taylor. V. I. Nemirovich-Dantchenko wrote the screenplay and William Cameron Menzies won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work in the film in 1929, the first year of the awards ceremony. John Barrymore and Camilla Horn star in the film, with Louis Wolheim co-starring.
| Tempest | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sam Taylor Lewis Milestone (uncredited) Victor Tourjansky (uncredited) |
| Produced by | John W. Considine Jr. Joseph M. Schenck |
| Written by | Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko C. Gardner Sullivan Lewis Milestone (uncredited) Erich von Stroheim (uncredited) George Marion, Jr. (intertitles; uncredited) |
| Starring | John Barrymore Camilla Horn George Fawcett Louis Wolheim |
| Cinematography | Charles Rosher |
| Edited by | Allen McNeil |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date | May 27, 1928 |
Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Preserved by two US archives George Eastman House and UCLA Film and TV.
Screenplay
The film is set during final days of Czarist Russia and revolves around a peasant who rises through the ranks of the Russian army ending up a Lieutenant. His life is made increasingly difficult by the aristocrats and officers around him who are resentful of his progress. He then finds himself rejected by a princess he falls in love with and, having been caught in her room, is put in prison. There he is stripped of his rank but soon after the Russian Civil War starts and as a result of the Red Terror the tables are turned.
- John Barrymore - Sgt. Ivan Markov
- Camilla Horn - Princess Tamara
- Louis Wolheim - Sgt. Bulba
- Boris de Fast - Peddler / Commissar
- George Fawcett - General
- Ullrich Haupt - Captain
- Michael Visaroff - Guard
The film won the first Academy Award for Production Design along with 1927's The Dove as both were designed by William Cameron Menzies. The award was originally called Best Interior Decoration.
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