When a young Imperial Officer offhandedly insults the poor girl he's smitten with, it precipitates her into the arms of a bullying, rich old gambler. Trying to win her back, the Lieutenant becomes greatly in debt to her new lover. Will the young man retain his honor & his life, come next DAYBREAK?
The plot is a bit musty, but the performers do what they can with the material. Ramon Novarro, always a good actor, provides the latest in a series of ethnic impersonations - this time playing a highborn Austrian. Helen Chandler is a pretty love interest, especially good in the Grinzing wine garden scene. Jean Hersholt provides quiet menace as the heavy. As always, Sir C. Aubrey Smith is nothing less than excellent, this time playing a gruff old general - watch him imperiously send an impecunious young officer off to commit suicide.
Morally, this is definitely a pre-Production Code movie. Casual sex is implied, much of the action takes place in a fancy brothel and just why is Novarro's manservant wearing Novarro's drawers?
The plot is a bit musty, but the performers do what they can with the material. Ramon Novarro, always a good actor, provides the latest in a series of ethnic impersonations - this time playing a highborn Austrian. Helen Chandler is a pretty love interest, especially good in the Grinzing wine garden scene. Jean Hersholt provides quiet menace as the heavy. As always, Sir C. Aubrey Smith is nothing less than excellent, this time playing a gruff old general - watch him imperiously send an impecunious young officer off to commit suicide.
Morally, this is definitely a pre-Production Code movie. Casual sex is implied, much of the action takes place in a fancy brothel and just why is Novarro's manservant wearing Novarro's drawers?