Knight Without Armour


Knight Without Armour styled as Knight Without Armor in some releases is a 1937 British historical drama film made by London Films and distributed by United Artists. It was directed by Jacques Feyder and produced by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by Lajos Br adapted by Frances Marion from the 1933 novel of the same name by James Hilton. The music score was by Mikls Rzsa, his first for a motion picture, utilising additional music by Tchaikovsky.

Englishman A. J. Fothergill Robert Donat is recruited by Colonel Forrester Laurence Hanray to spy on Russia for the British government because he can speak the language fluently. As Peter Ouranoff, he infiltrates a revolutionary group led by Axelstein Basil Gill. The radicals try to blow up General Gregor Vladinoff Herbert Lomas, the father of Alexandra Marlene Dietrich. When the attempt fails, the wouldbe assassin is shot, but manages to reach Peters apartment, where he dies. For his inadvertent involvement, Peter is sent to Siberia.World War I makes Alexandra a widow and brings the Bolsheviks to power, freeing Peter and Axelstein. When the Russian Civil War breaks out, Alexandra is arrested for being an aristocrat, and Peter is assigned by nowCommissar Axelstein to take her to Petrograd to stand trial. However, Peter instead takes her to the safety of the White Army. Their relief is shortlived the Red Army defeats the White the next day, and Alexandra is taken captive once more. Peter steals a commission as a commissar of prisons from a drunk and uses the document to free her. The two, now deeply in love, flee into the forest. Later, they catch a train. ........

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