Tovaritch

Playwright Jacques Deval directed this 1935 adaptation of his own stage comedy Tovaritch Set in Paris the story revolves around Princess Tatiana Irene de Zilaby and General Mikail Andre Lefaur two members of the Russian nobility whod been forced to relocate to France after the Revolution Though the regal couple has been entrusted with the Imperial crown jewels theyd sooner starve to death than betray the late Czar by selling the gems As a result theyre reduced to taking jobs as servants in the home of a wealthy but somewhat zany family Robert E Sherwoods Americanized version of Devals Tovaritch was filmed by Warner Bros in 1937 with Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer