«Cast of 6,000. Magnificent Spectacle in full color»
Adapted from Jules Verne's 1876 novel Michael Strogoff, the film tells the tale of a Russian courier named Michael Strogoff who has to dash across Russia with a vital message for the tsar's brother, wrestling with bears and fighting off ferocious Tatar rebels along the way. Captured by the Tatars, he is brought before their leader and blinded with a red hot sword by the executioner.
Producer: Gregor Rabinovitch, Noë Bloch
Director: Viktor Tourjansky
Screenplay: Boris de Fast
Director of Photography: Fédote Bourgasoff, Nikolai Toporkoff, Léonce-Henri Burel