The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna

The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna German Die wunderbare Lge der Nina Petrowna is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Brigitte Helm, Francis Lederer and Warwick Ward. It was the last bigbudget silent film released by the leading German studio Universum Film AG before the transition to sound began with Melody of the Heart. The film premiered onApril 1929 at the UfaPalast am Zoo in Berlin. It was amongst the most popular films released in Germany that year.

Michael Rostof, a young officer serving in the Tsars army in pre1914 St. Petersburg, strikes up a deep emotional bond with Nina Petrovna. Only later does he discover she is the kept mistress of the influential Colonel Beranoff. She chooses to give up the luxurious existence that Beranoff offers her, in order to live with the much poorer Rostof. Although they can not even pay their electricity bills on time they are both incredibly happy.Beranoff is enraged by his lovers decision to spurn him and he plots his revenge. One night in the officers mess he traps Rostof into cheating at cards. When Rostof is confronted, he resolves to take the honourable way out. When Petrovna is informed, in order to save her lovers career and life, she agrees to abandon Rostof and go back to Beranoff. The Colonel in turn agrees to destroy the incriminating evidence. To hide the real reason from him, Petrovna pretends to abandon Rostof because he cannot afford to supply her with expensive clothes and jewels. Rostof is left heartbroken, while Petrovna is secretly anguished. ........

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