The Scarlet Lady (1928)
Drama
Overview
The film follows Lya, a woman seeking refuge from Cossack soldiers, who finds herself at the palace of Prince Nicholas. She becomes his majordomo and they fall in love, but their relationship is disrupted when Nicholas learns of her past with a Bolshevik leader. Lya is expelled, becomes a terrorist, and later encounters Nicholas again, now disguised as a servant. When Nicholas is sentenced to death, she rescues him and they escape together.
Cast
- Lya De Putti as Lya
- Don Alvarado as Prince Nicholas Karloff
- Warner Oland as Ivan Zaneriff
- Otto Matieson as Valet
- Jacqueline Gadsden as Princess Olga
- John S. Peters as Captain
- Theodore Lodi