The Patriot (1928 film)


This article is about the 1928 film. For later films with the same title, see The Patriot.
The Patriot
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Written by Play:
Ashley Dukes
Intertitles:
Julian Johnson
Screenplay:
Hanns Kräly
Starring Emil Jannings
Florence Vidor
Lewis Stone
Neil Hamilton
Music by Max Bergunker
Cinematography Bert Glennon
Editing by Ernst Lubitsch
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) Aug 17, 1928
Running time 113 min
Country United States
Language Silent film
English sequences
Budget $1,000,000 (estimated)

The Patriot (1928) is a semi-biographical film that was directed by Ernst Lubitsch and released by Paramount Pictures. The film was written by Julian Johnson and Hanns Kräly. It is an adaptation of several different plays: Paul I by Dmitri Merezhkovsky, Der Patriot by Alfred Neumann, and The Patriot by Ashley Dukes. The movie is a biographical story of Tsar Paul I of Russia, starring Emil Jannings, Florence Vidor and Lewis Stone.

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Cast

Release

Only pieces of this film are left; there is no complete copy. It is the only Best Picture nominee for which no complete or near-complete copy exists.

Awards

It won the Academy Award for Best Writing Achievement and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Lewis Stone), Best Art Direction, Best Director and Best Picture. [1] It was the only silent film nominated for Best Picture that year and the last to ever receive a Best Picture nomination.

References

  1. ^ "NY Times: The Patriot". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/105733/The-Patriot/details. Retrieved on 2008-12-07. 

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