We Live Again (1934)

Set in 1875 Russia, a nobleman (Fredric March) seduces a naive young servant (Anna Sten) in his Aunt's household. He later abandons her not knowing she is pregnant with his child. Based on the novel RESURRECTION by Leo Tolstoy and directed by Rouben Mamoulian (GOLDEN BOY). Hollywood was in the habit of importing foreign actresses in the 1920s and 1930s. Only two, Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich, became major Hollywood stars but that didn't stop Hollywood from trying. In this case, Samuel Goldwyn imported Anna Sten from Russia but after her three films flopped, he gave up but Sten remained in America and continued to act in movies until 1962. As to the film itself, its socialist stance is so in your face that I'm surprised that the film makers weren't hauled before HUAC during the witch hunt years! The movie's look at the injustices of the class system in Russia which eventually led to the 1917 revolution is sympathetic to the peasants and revolutionaries. Worth watching at least once. With Sam Jaffe, C. Aubrey Smith, Jane Baxter and Ethel Griffies.