British agent working in Russia is forced to remain longer than planned once the revolution begins. After being released from prison in Siberia he poses as a Russian Commissar. Because of his position among the revolutionaries, he is able to rescue a Russian countess from the Bolsheviks.

Marlene Dietrich
as Countess Alexandra Vladinoff

Robert Donat
as Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov

Irene Vanbrugh
as Duchess of Zorin

Herbert Lomas
as General Gregor Vladinoff

Austin Trevor
as Col. Adraxine

Basil Gill
as Axelstein

David Tree
as Alexis Maronin

John Clements
as Poushkoff

Frederick Culley
as Stanfield

Laurence Hanray
as Forrester
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Now you've got to keep an eye on the plot in this little espionage/counter espionage thriller as Robert Donat is a Brit sent to spy on the Bolsheviks and gets caught up in all sorts of shenanigans that lands him in Siberia until 1917 when, amidst all the chaos he alights upon the beautiful "Countess...