He had His Choice- Death or a Slave Girl's Love!
During the Russian Revolution, a young nobleman and his peasant maid flee from their homeland to Constantinople where they marry and begin a challenging new life.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Nancy Carroll Lilyan Tashman Guy Kibbee Sheila Terry Richard Alexander Mischa Auer Dewey Robinson Arnold Korff Ivan Linow Frank Reicher Mae Busch Earle Foxe Betty Gillette Hadji Ali Alphonse Kohlmar Lee Kohlmar William Ricciardi Eric Mayne Jack Chefe Ronald R. Rondell Paul Panzer Harry Cording William Le Maire George Magrill Mike Tellegen Harry Tenbrook Ellinor Vanderveer
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