Mockery
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One of the rare American films directed by Danish auteur Benjamin Christensen, Mockery stars Lon Chaney Sr. as a half-witted Russian peasant. On the verge of starvation, Chaney is hired to guide a beautiful countess (Barbara Bedford) through the treacherous Siberian wastes. Once he arrives at the countess' home territory, Chaney is swept up by the Bolshevik movement. He comes to despise the aristocracy in general and the countess in particular, but the young woman's kindness towards him weakens his revolutionary resolve. Long thought lost, Mockery was rediscovered and preserved in the mid-1970s; the film was based on a story by Stig Esbern. ~ Hal Erickson, RoviCast
- Lon Chaney - Sergei
- Ricardo Cortez - Dimitri
- Barbara Bedford - Tatiana
- Mack Swain - Mr. Gaidaroff
- Emily Fitzroy - Mrs. Gaidaroff
Credit
Alexander Toluboff - Art Director, Benjamin Christensen - Director, John W. English - Editor, Cedric Gibbons - Production Designer, Merritt B. Gerstad - Cinematographer, Erich Pommer - Producer, Cedric Gibbons - Set Designer, Alexander Toluboff - Set Designer, Joseph W. Famham - Intertitle Writer, Benjamin Christensen - Screenwriter, Bradley King - Screenwriter| Mock Up on Mu (2008 Film), Mocean Worker: Detonator/Diagnosis (1999 Film) | |
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| Directed by | Benjamin Christensen |
| Produced by | Erich Pommer |
| Written by | Stig Esbern (story) Joseph Farnham (titles) Bradley King (continuity) |
| Starring | Lon Chaney, Sr. Barbara Bedford Ricardo Cortez Emily Fitzroy |
| Cinematography | Merritt B. Gerstad |
| Editing by | John W. English |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | August 13, 1927 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Mockery (1927) is an American film about the Russian Revolution. It was the second film made in Hollywood by Danish director Benjamin Christensen and starred Lon Chaney, Sr. as a Siberian peasant who comes to the aid of a countess (played by Barbara Bedford) who is threatened by the encroaching insurgency.[1]
Release
Mockery received mixed reviews when it was first released,[2] and is regarded as one of Chaney's weakest films.[3] It was thought to be lost until the mid-1970s.[4]
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