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At the Mercy of Men

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In response, the Czar orders Count Nicho, the eldest of the officers, to marry Vera, and also mandates that each of them turn over all of their wealth and fortunes to her. After doing so, the men are sent to prison. Vera attempts to save Nicho and get him to confess the name of her aggressor. Now
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are dining. The lights are turned out, and she is sexually assaulted. The crime is brought to the attention of the Czar by the Countess Zaptine, a patroness of Vera, but Vera is unable to determine which man assaulted her as the crime took place in the dark.
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noted that director Miller "has a keen eye for strong dramatic effects," also praising the cinematography and performance by Brady.
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described the film as a "timely photodrama...  in these days of topsy-turvy adjustment, political and social." The
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genuinely in love with her, Nicho admits that it was he, and the two embrace one another.
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music teacher, is accosted on the street and dragged into a room where three men of the
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Yolande Duquette as Countess Zaptine (credited as Yolande Buquette)
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felt that the film was "gorgeous enough." A critic of the
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Index


Charles Miller
Alice Brady
Frank Morgan
Jack W. Johnston
Robert Walker
Harold Young
Select Pictures
reels
intertitles
silent
drama film
Charles Miller
Alice Brady
Russian Revolution
Royal Guard
Russian Revolution
Petrograd
Russian
Royal Guard
Alice Brady
Frank Morgan
Jack W. Johnston
Robert Walker
Helen Lindroth
Tula Belle
The San Francisco Chronicle
Rapid City Journal
Austin American-Statesman
"At the Mercy of Men"

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