Otto Matieson · 1928

2 Otto Matieson movies from 1928 on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality.

Decade

All 2 1920s 2

Year

All 2 1920 0 1921 0 1922 0 1923 0 1924 0 1925 0 1926 0 1927 0 1928 2 1929 0

The Desert Bride(1928)

6.2/10

dir. Walter Lang

Captain Maurice de Florimont, a French Army intelligence officer, is captured by Arab nationalists while on an espionage mission. His sweetheart Diane Duval is also taken prisoner. Both are tortured by Kassim Ben Ali, leader of the Arab nationalists, but they refuse to divulge any information. They are finally rescued by French troops who storm the fortress and kill Kassim.

The Scarlet Lady(1928)

7.4/10

dir. Alan Crosland

The film follows Lya, a woman seeking refuge from Cossack soldiers, who finds herself at the palace of Prince Nicholas. She becomes his majordomo and they fall in love, but their relationship is disrupted when Nicholas learns of her past with a Bolshevik leader. Lya is expelled, becomes a terrorist, and later encounters Nicholas again, now disguised as a servant. When Nicholas is sentenced to death, she rescues him and they escape together.