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The Silent Man (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

The Silent Man (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Olga Kosloff, celebrated Russian actress playing in England, visits an insane asylum on the coast to study types. The warden suggests that perhaps Olga would be interested in "The Silent Man," a Russian who was picked up in a small boat on...See moreOlga Kosloff, celebrated Russian actress playing in England, visits an insane asylum on the coast to study types. The warden suggests that perhaps Olga would be interested in "The Silent Man," a Russian who was picked up in a small boat on the open sea five years ago. When the warden takes her to see the man, Olga utters a cry of horror. She was leading woman in a Russian play. One night she received a note from her sister, Anna, who had become mixed up with Nihilists, and was under arrest. Anna in her note begged Olga to save her, and Olga visited the office of Volinine, Minister of Police. Volinine had just received a visit from Prince Sergius of the Russian court, who bribed him to discredit his brother, Prince Mikail, in the eyes of the Grand Duke Alexis, their uncle. The Grand Duke appointed Mikail to a position in the Czar's service and Sergius was jealous. So Volinine saw a chance to use Olga in his scheme to discredit Mikail. He told her if she would follow his instructions, he would allow her sister to go free, and Olga became his tool. At a reception given by the Grand Duke, Olga was hired to entertain the guests. Mikail falls in love with her and, much to her surprise, Olga found that she returned his affection. One night Prince Sergius stole some government plans from the Grand Duke's desk. Then he and Volinine summoned Olga and told her to secret the papers on Mikail when he visited her that night, and when they left the theater to drop her cloak as a signal to several secret service men. Olga was forced to consent to save her sister. She induced Mikail to take the plans by telling him they were the manuscript of her new play which she wanted him to read. The Grand Duke discovered his loss, and when the plans were found on Mikail the Duke was wrought up at the knowledge that there was a traitor in his family. The Grand Duke ordered Mikail led to the torture cell to be branded before he was cast adrift. The next day Olga visited Volinine and begged for the release of her sister. For answer he told her to look out of the window. She did so and saw Anna in chains on the way to Siberia. In a rage, Olga turned to kill Volinine, but his guards led her away. And now she has again met Mikail, a pitiful wreck of a man. That night she secures the warden's keys and goes to Mikail. In the moonlight from the barred window, the crazed man recognizes her. Olga tells him she has come to save him and he goes off with her. On a desolate stretch of beach, Mikail turns to Olga furiously and she knows that he is going to kill her. But she does not try to escape. They get into a small boat, and after they are well out Mikail casts away the oars. The last scene shows the two wrecked souls drifting onward with hundreds of sea gulls hovering over them. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Lee Shumway Actor (as Leon C. Shumway) Actor (as Leon C. Shumway) See fewer	Go-Get-'Em, Haines (1936)
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