The Cossacks (1928 film)
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The Cossacks is a 1928
1928 in film
-Events:Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent.* July 28 - Lights of New York is released by Warner Brothers. It is the first "100% Talkie" feature film, in that dialog is spoken throughout the film...

 silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 film produced and distributed by MGM and directed by George Hill
George W. Hill
George William Hill was an American film director and cinematographer.-Career:He began his film career at age 13 as a stagehand with director D. W. Griffith...

 and Clarence Brown
Clarence Brown
Clarence Brown was an American film director.-Early life:Born in Clinton, Massachusetts, to a cotton manufacturer, Brown moved to the South when he was 11. He attended Knoxville High School and the University of Tennessee, both in Knoxville, Tennessee, graduating from the university at the age of...

, with much reshot footage by Brown. The picture starred John Gilbert
John Gilbert (actor)
John Gilbert was an American actor and a major star of the silent film era.Known as "the great lover," he rivaled even Rudolph Valentino as a box office draw...

 and Renee Adoree
Renée Adorée
Renée Adorée was a French actress who had appeared in Hollywood silent movies during the 1920s.-Early life:...

. It is an extant film.

Cast

  • John Gilbert
    John Gilbert (actor)
    John Gilbert was an American actor and a major star of the silent film era.Known as "the great lover," he rivaled even Rudolph Valentino as a box office draw...

     - Lukashka
  • Renee Adoree
    Renée Adorée
    Renée Adorée was a French actress who had appeared in Hollywood silent movies during the 1920s.-Early life:...

     - Maryana
  • Ernest Torrence
    Ernest Torrence
    Ernest Torrence was a Scottish born film character actor who appeared in many Hollywood films, including Broken Chains with Colleen Moore,Mantrap with Clara Bow, and Fighting Caravans with Gary Cooper and Lili Damita...

     - Ivan
  • Nils Asther
    Nils Asther
    Nils Anton Alfhild Asther was a Danish-born Swedish actor active in Hollywood from 1926 to the mid 1950s, known for his beautiful face and often called "the male Greta Garbo"...

     - Prince Olenin Stieshneff
  • Paul Hurst
    Paul Hurst (actor)
    Paul Causey Hurst was an American film actor and director.-Career:Born in Traver, California, and raised on a ranch, he appeared in hundreds of films during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. However, he got his start painting scenery as part of the backstage crew during the silent movie era...

     - Sitchi
  • Dale Fuller
    Dale Fuller
    Dale Fuller has worked at a senior level in various software companies and is currently Chairman of the board at Webgistix Corporation.- Biography :...

     - Ulitka (Maryana's mother)
  • Josephine Borio - Stepka
  • Yorke Sherwood
    Yorke Sherwood
    Yorke Sherwood was an actor. He was born on December 14, 1873 in England, and died on September 27, 1956 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.-Filmography:* 23 Paces to Baker Street * Devotion * None But the Lonely Heart...

    - Uncle Eroshka
  • Joseph Mari - Turkish Spy

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