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Plot

One of the rare American films directed by Danish auteur Benjamin Christensen, Mockery stars Lon Chaney Sr. as a half-witted Russian peasant. On the verge of starvation, Chaney is hired to guide a beautiful countess (Barbara Bedford) through the treacherous Siberian wastes. Once he arrives at the countess' home territory, Chaney is swept up by the Bolshevik movement. He comes to despise the aristocracy in general and the countess in particular, but the young woman's kindness towards him weakens his revolutionary resolve. Long thought lost, Mockery was rediscovered and preserved in the mid-1970s; the film was based on a story by Stig Esbern.
MPAA Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Genre(s):
Drama,Epic and Historical
Run Time:
75min.
Theatrical Release Date:
08/25/2008
Director(s):
Benjamin Christensen
Starring:
Lon Chaney , Ricardo Cortez , Barbara Bedford , Mack Swain , Emily Fitzroy
Themes:
Political Unrest
Keywords:
Bolsheviks,Russian [nationality],aristocracy,guide,peasant,political-unrest,revolution,uprising