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As described in a film magazine review, Vera, a princess engaged to a Russian nobleman, falls in love with Feodor, a young boatman. A revolution breaks out and the threatened princess is saved by the boatman, and brought to an inn as his wife.
The Volga Boatman: Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. With William Boyd, Elinor Fair, Robert Edeson, Victor Varconi. During the Revolution Princess Vera, though betrothed to Prince Dimitri, is attracted to the peasant Feodor.
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- Drama, Romance
- Cecil B. DeMille
- 1926-05-23
The Volga Boatman. Summaries. During the Revolution Princess Vera, though betrothed to Prince Dimitri, is attracted to the peasant Feodor. In tsarist Russia, the Volga boatmen live hard lives, trudging along the water's edge as they pull heavy cargoes up and down the river.
Director. Konrad Bercovici. Novel. Lenore J. Coffee. Screenplay. During the Russian Revolution Princess Vera, though betrothed to Prince Dimitri, is attracted to the peasant Feodor.
Princess Vera, while riding along the Volga River with her betrothed, Prince Dimitri, meets Feodor, a sturdy young peasant and boatman. With the rumblings of revolution, the castle of Prince Nikita is stormed, and a revolutionary is killed by a servant.
- Cecil B. De Mille, Frank Urson
- William Boyd
The Volga Boatman is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, who reportedly said the film was, "his greatest achievement in picture making". The film's budget was $479,000 and it grossed $1.27 million.