Overview

In the trembling Russian village of Popoffski, a young woman (Katherine Grant) is wooed by a hopeful lover, the son of a humble pool shark (Stan) right under the very nose of her father. When the man proposes marriage to her the father is happy to let her go, seeing as he has nine other children to worry about. As the couple celebrate their love for one another they are approached by a military officer who threatens to take the woman away to use as a court dancer.

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Cast

Stan Laurel

Olaf - A peasant

James Finlayson

General Sappovitch

Katherine Grant

Sonia, the peasant girl

Pierre Couderc

Count Alexis Pifflevitch

George Rowe

Soldier

Sammy Brooks

The general's second