A Russian courier struggles to deliver a message to the troops fighting Tartar invaders.A Russian courier struggles to deliver a message to the troops fighting Tartar invaders.A Russian courier struggles to deliver a message to the troops fighting Tartar invaders.
Oscar Apfel
- Tsar's General
- (uncredited)
Margaret Armstrong
- Gypsy Woman
- (uncredited)
Matthew Betz
- Chieftain
- (uncredited)
Ward Bond
- Tartar Guard
- (uncredited)
Lynton Brent
- Sailor
- (uncredited)
Leonard Ceeley
- Tsar's Aide
- (uncredited)
Harry Cording
- Peasant
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaRKO bought the rights to the French version Michel Strogoff (1936) for $75,000, and specifically signed its star Anton Walbrook so that they could use some scenes from that movie. About 22 scenes were edited into the new version, including Siberia footage, battle footage, Tartar camps and the river on fire. The Hollywood Reporter mentioned that the new footage shot blended perfectly with the old footage.
- GoofsWhen Strogoff is being chased on horseback from Omsk, the horse trips in an open area well within view of those chasing him. Yet just after he falls, he is suddenly in a wooded area and he is able to hide himself as his chasers just ride on past.
- Quotes
Cart Driver: I take your money, you take a walk.
Henry Blount: I say, but that's most frightfully one sided.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits: 1870 During the reign of Tsar Alexander II, the fate of the Russian Empire was threatened by a great Tartar uprising in Siberia ......
- ConnectionsEdited from The Czar's Courier (1936)
- SoundtracksGod Save the Tsar
(1833) (uncredited)
(Russian national anthem, 1833-1917)
Music by Alexis Lvov
Variations often in the score
Featured review
Careless re-editing of "Der Kurier des Zaren" (1936)
I'm giving 6 to this film, well below it's current ranking at IMDb, and just for the powerful scenes that remain in it, from the original French production "Michel Strogoff" aka "Der Kurier des Zaren" (1936), by German director Richard Eichberg. The introduction of two comic-relief characters speaks a lot of the lack of culture, ethics, and common-sense of the American producers who concocted this version, re-issued under a different title yet, in 1945, in which Akim Tamiroff was given first credits - to bank on his 1940 public acknowledgement in "The Way of All Flesh". Speaking of flesh, Michel Strogoff is whip-tortured by Ogareff in front of his mother, and girl friend: first you see his naked torso (from the Franco-German film), and then you see him in tattered shirt (from the American added footage)... As if the Russian outlaws would decide to cover the man's torso after the first set of whip-lashes! Since the earlier film is impossible to view these days, I guess we must put up with this version to have glimpses of the former greatness of battles, horse charges, and human emotions - like that silent suffering mother. A pity Eichberg is not credited for the only good footage in this film.
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- Artemis-9
- Oct 20, 2003
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- Budget
- $400,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Soldier and the Lady (1937) officially released in Canada in English?
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