The Lame Gentleman (Russian: Хромой барин) is a 1929 Soviet silent film directed by Konstantin Eggert.
The film's art direction was by Vladimir Yegorov.
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Plot
Based on the short story of the same name by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy.
Prince Krasnopolski seduces a peasant girl named Sasha. Soon, the aristocrat becomes infatuated with the daughter of the landowner Volkov and abandons Sasha. In despair, the girl throws herself into the river.
The happiness built upon the girl's demise proves to be fragile. Eventually, the prince meets his end at the hands of Sasha's sister.
Cast
Mikhail Klimov as Volkov
Nikolai Alexandrov
L. Cherkes
Konstantin Eggert
Lev Fenin
Boris Gorin-Goryainov
Georgy Kovrov
Olga Lenskaya
Yelena Maksimova
Vera Malinovskaya
F. Trubetskoy
Vladimir Vladislavskiy
Daniil Vvedenskiy
Konstantin Zubov