Desire (1921)

Ivan a poor Russian student lives in Switzerland He is unexpectedly invited to Russia by a distant relative Princess Wirsky To finance the journey he works as a messenger for revolutionaries who want to depose Grand Duke Wirsky In Moscow he delivers the message and falls in love with Marja the daughter of the revolutionary but Marjas father loves Princess Wirsky and wants to betray the revolutionaries The princess falls in love with Ivan and jealously deports Marja to Siberia In revenge Ivan strangles the princess He spends the rest of his life yearning for Marja whom he has never kissed When he receives the news of Marjas death he commits suicide