Bavu
Sign in to saveBavu is a 1923 silent American drama film directed by Stuart Paton, starring Wallace Beery in the title role, and written by Albert Kenyon and Raymond L. Schrock based upon a play by Earl Carroll. The film is a period piece involving Bolsheviks and the Russian Revolution.
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8.0An illiterate, uncouth brute rises to power during the Russian Revolution, plots to wreak vengeance on all who cross him, and incites the peasantry to burn the city.
Released: 1923-05-0780 minDir: Stuart PatonDrama
Cast
- Wallace Beery as Felix Bavu
- Estelle Taylor as Princess Annia
- Forrest Stanley as Mischa Vleck
- Sylvia Breamer as Olga Stropik
- Josef Swickard as Prince Markoff
- Nick De Ruiz as Kuroff
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Key dates
- Published
- 6 March 1925
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Director
- Stuart Paton
- Cast member
- Josef Swickard
- Duration
- +80
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- P462
- black-and-white
- P1877
- Earl Carroll
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Bavu is a 1923 silent American drama film directed by Stuart Paton, starring Wallace Beery in the title role, and written by Albert Kenyon and Raymond L. Schrock based upon a play by Earl Carroll. The film is a period piece involving Bolsheviks and the Russian Revolution.
==Plot== According to the Motion Picture News: A Russian revolutionist incites the peasantry to burn the city. Mischka, a former servant in the nobelman's home, is commissioner of licenses under the new administration. He loves the princess and in order to get her out of the country it is necessary to have the passport sealed with the revolutionist's ring. A fight follows, but Mischka escapes with the girl while Bavu drowns in the pursuit.