''Resurrection'' is a 1931 American

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English-language adaptation of the 1899

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novel ''

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'' produced by

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. It was an all-talking version starring John Boles and Lupe Vélez. It was directed by

Edwin Carewe Edwin Carewe (March 3, 1883 – January 22, 1940) was an American motion picture director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. His birth name was Jay John Fox; he was born in Gainesville, Texas. Career After brief studies at the Universities of ...

, who had also directed the previous 1927 silent adaptation. A

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version, '' Resurrección'' was also made in the same year by Universal Studios. The film starred John Boles as well as

Lupe Vélez María Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez (July 18, 1908 – December 13, 1944), known professionally as Lupe Vélez, was a Mexican actress, singer and dancer during the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Vélez began her career as a performer in Mexican ...

, who also starred in the Spanish-language version.

Cast

English version

The cast list is as follows: * John Boles as Prince Dmitri Nekhludoff *

as Katyusha Maslova *

Rose Tapley Rose Elizabeth Tapley (June 30, 1881 – February 23, 1956) was an American actress of the stage and an early heroine of silent films. Early life Tapley was born in Salem, Massachusetts. She was the cousin of Captain Robert Bartlett, comm ...

as Princess Sophya *

Nance O'Neil Gertrude Lamson (October 8, 1874 – February 7, 1965), known professionally as Nance O'Neil or Nancy O'Neil, was an American stage and film actress who performed in plays in various theaters around the world but worked predominantly in the Unite ...

as Princess Marya *

William Keighley William Jackson Keighley (August 4, 1889 – June 24, 1984) was an American stage actor and Hollywood film director. Career After graduating from the Ludlum School of Dramatic Art, Keighley began acting at the age of 23. By the 1910s and 1920s ...

as Captain Schoenbock * Michael Mark as Simon Kartinkin – Innkeeper * Sylvia Nadina as Simon's Wife * George Irving as Judge *

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as Smelkoff the Merchant * Mary Forman as Beautiful Exile *

Grace Cunard Grace Cunard (born Harriet Mildred Jeffries; April 8, 1893 – January 19, 1967) was an American actress, screenwriter and film director. During the silent era, she starred in over 100 films, wrote or co-wrote at least 44 of those production ...

as Olga * Dorothy Flood as Princess Hasan

References

External links

* 1931 films Films based on Resurrection American black-and-white films Films directed by Edwin Carewe 1931 drama films American drama films American multilingual films Films set in Russia 1931 multilingual films 1930s American films {{1930s-drama-film-stub