Surrender (1927)

Lea Lyon, the daughter of a rabbi, lives happily with her father in their Gulicinu village, but there are rumblings of war. Soon, the village is overrun with the Imperial troops of the Russian Czar, with Constantine in Imperial command. He is attracted by the beauty of Lea and commands her to come to his quarters. She refuses and he is outraged. He orders the townspeople barred behind their doors and the village burned. Though she loves her honor above everything else, she can not bear to see the villagers suffer, and makes the lonely walk through the village to the Inn.

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Top billed cast

Mary PhilbinLea Lyon
Ivan MosjoukineConstantine
Otto MatiesonJoshua
Nigel De BrulierRabbi Mendel Lyon
Otto FriesTarras
Daniel MakarenkoRussian General
Lassie Lou AhernLittle Jewish Girl
John BleiferPeasant Farmer
Russ PowellTavern Keeper

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