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| Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Written by | Hanns Kräly Ashley Dukes (Play) |
| Starring | Emil Jannings Florence Vidor Lewis Stone Neil Hamilton |
| Music by | Max Bergunker |
| Cinematography | Bert Glennon |
| Editing by | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 17, 1928 |
| Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film English sequences |
| Budget | $1 million |
The Patriot is a 1928 semi-biographical film that was directed by Ernst Lubitsch and released by Paramount Pictures. The film was written by Hanns Kräly ; it is an adaptation of several different plays: Paul I by Dmitri Merezhkovsky, Der Patriot by Alfred Neumann, and The Patriot by Ashley Dukes. The Dukes play was performed on Broadway in January 1928.[1] A young John Gielgud made his Broadway debut in that play. The movie is a biographical story of emperor Paul I of Russia, starring Emil Jannings, Florence Vidor and Lewis Stone.[2]
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Cast [edit]
- Emil Jannings - Czar Paul I
Emil Jannings as emperor Paul I
- Florence Vidor - Countess Ostermann
- Lewis Stone - Count Pahlen
- Vera Voronina - Mademoiselle Lapoukhine
- Neil Hamilton - Crown Prince Alexander
- Harry Cording - Stefan
Awards [edit]
It won the Academy Award for Best Writing Achievement and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Lewis Stone), Best Art Direction, Best Director and Best Picture. [3] It was the only silent film nominated for Best Picture that year and the last to ever receive a Best Picture nomination until The Artist won for Best Picture in 2012.
Status as a lost film [edit]
Only pieces of this film are left, including trailers; there is no complete copy. It is the only Best Picture Academy Award nominee for which no complete or near-complete copy exists.
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ The Patriot by Ashley Dukes performed on Broadway January 1928, Majestic Theatre; IBDb.com
- ^ The Patriot at silentera.com
- ^ "NY Times: The Patriot". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
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