Into Her Kingdom

Into Her Kingdom (1926)

Her Royal pride trampled in the dust- vain pomp and power snatched away and destroyed by the ruthless hand of Red revolution. - Although she had been a Grand Duchess, she finds real happiness in America leading a simple life as a saleslady.

In Czarist Russia, a young peasant boy is sent to Siberia for insulting the Grand Duchess. Released years later, he joins the fighting to overthrow the royal family. The entire royal family is condemned to death when fighting ceases.

Date of release
1926-08-08
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Svend Gade

Casting

Interesting facts

Into Her Kingdom is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Svend Gade and starring Corinne Griffith. The film, which dramatizes the Russian Revolution, featured a Technicolor sequence. It was based on a 1925 short story of the same name by Ruth Comfort Mitchell, originally published in Red Book Magazine. It is not known whether the film currently survives.

Production

This was the second to last directorial effort of Svend Gade in the United States before returning to Denmark. At the time of production, several expatriate members of the Czarist Russian nobility and military class were living in the Los Angeles area and working as extras in films. Some were recruited to serves as cast members and technical advisors on this film.

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