Michel Strogoff (1936)

Directed by

Jacques de Baroncelli, Richard Eichberg

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A czar's courier named Michel Strogoff travels across Russia to deliver a vital message. He faces obstacles from enemy agents and treacherous terrain.

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What happens

Michel Strogoff is a 1936 French historical adventure film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and Richard Eichberg and starring Anton Walbrook, Colette Darfeuil and Armand Bernard. It is an adaptation of the 1876 novel Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne. A separate German version The Czar's Courier was also made. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alexandre Lochakoff. It was made by the French subsidiary of Tobis Film and shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. Location shooting took place mainly in Bulgaria and at the Johannisthal Air Field. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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