Tovaritch (1935) [N/A]
Featuring:
Irén Zilahy, André Lefaur, Marguerite Deval
Written by:
Jacques Deval
Directed by:
Jacques Deval, Germain Fried, Jean Tarride
Release Date:
May 3, 1935
Original Title:
Tovaritch
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Productions Cinégraphiques Jacques Deval
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 100
Playwright Jacques Deval directed this 1935 adaptation of his own stage comedy Tovaritch. Set in Paris, the story revolves around Princess Tatiana (Irene de Zilaby) and General Mikail (Andre Lefaur), two members of the Russian nobility who'd been forced to relocate to France after the Revolution. Though the regal couple has been entrusted with the Imperial crown jewels, they'd sooner starve to death than betray the late Czar by selling the gems. As a result, they're reduced to taking jobs as servants in the home of a wealthy but somewhat zany family. Robert E. Sherwood's Americanized version of Deval's Tovaritch was filmed by Warner Bros. in 1937, with Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer.
Paris 1930. After fleeing the Soviet Revolution, General Ouratieff and his wife Tatiana have emigrated to the French capital and, although they have deposited a huge sum of money entrusted by the Tsar in the Banque de France, they now work as domestics. Indeed they consider that this money is designed to restore Tsarism and they do their utmost to keep it safe from banks and other greedy businessmen, including their own employer, Mr. Arbeziah...
