The World and the Flesh

The World and the Flesh

74 mins | Drama | April 22, 1932

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.

The World and the Flesh

74 mins | Drama | April 22, 1932

The World and the Flesh
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.
Producers Paramount
Original title The World and the Flesh
Directors Russell Mathews, John Cromwell
Writers Philip Zeska, Ernst Spitz, Oliver H.P. Garrett

Cast

George Bancroft

as Kylenko

Miriam Hopkins

as Maria Yaskaya

Alan Mowbray

as Dimitri

George E. Stone

as Rutchkin

Mitchell Lewis

as Sukhanov

Max Wagner

as Vorobiov

Harry Cording

as Ivanovitch

Emmett Corrigan

as Gen. Spiro

Oscar Apfel

as Banker

Reginald Barlow

as Markov

Ferike Boros

as Sasha