Die Liebe Der Jeanne Ney (aka The Love Of Jeanne Ney) (1927)

The daughter (Edith Jehanne) of a French diplomat (Eugen Jensen) serving in Russia is in love with a Bolshevik revolutionary (Uno Henning). After her father is killed, she flees to Paris with her lover promising to follow. Based on the book by the Russian novelist Ilya Ehrenburg and directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst (PANDORA'S BOX). It's an ambitious film that profits from Pabst's fluid technique without which it's mere soap opera. Since it's Pabst's artistry that carries the film, one doesn't mind the often leisurely style and the time spent on scenes that don't drive the narrative forward (like Jehanne and and Henning walking through an open air market). Edith Jehanne is a fresh and lovely screen presence with a natural acting style. Alas, she only has about seven film credits and apparently she died only a few years after JEANNE NEY was released. With Brigitte Helm (METROPOLIS), Fritz Rasp, Vladimir Sokoloff and Adolf E. Licho.