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Wikipedia article




'Bavu' is a 1923 silent American drama film directed by Stuart Paton, starring Wallace Beery in the title role, and written by Albert Kenyon and Raymond L. Schrock based upon a play by Earl Carroll.[https://catalog.afi.com/Search?searchField=MovieName&searchText=bavu American Film Institute Catalog: 'Bavu'][http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/Bavu1923.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Bavu'] at silentera.com The film is a period piece involving Bolsheviks and the Russian Revolution.

Plot



According to the Motion Picture News: A Russian revolutionist incites the peasantry to burn the city. Mischka, a former servant in the nobelman's home, is commissioner of licenses under the new administration. He loves the princess and in order to get her out of the country it is necessary to have the passport sealed with the revolutionist's ring. A fight follows, but Mischka escapes with the girl while Bavu drowns in the pursuit.

Cast



* Wallace Beery as Felix Bavu

* Estelle Taylor as Princess Annia

* Forrest Stanley as Mischka Vleck

* Sylvia Breamer as Olga Stropik

* Josef Swickard as Prince Markoff

* Nick De Ruiz as Kuroff

* Martha Mattox as Piplette

* Harry Carter as Shadow

* Jack Rollens as Michael Revno

Preservation



With no prints of 'Bavu' found in any film archives,[http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3631/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: 'Bavu'] it is a lost film.

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