{"id":23699,"date":"2012-02-06T13:39:16","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T20:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=23699"},"modified":"2020-12-26T00:37:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T07:37:01","slug":"surrender-1927","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=23699","title":{"rendered":"Surrender (1927)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You seemed to like me when I wore a peasant&#8217;s garb. Is it my uniform that makes a difference?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Poster-1-188x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-59623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Poster-1-188x300.png 188w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Poster-1-642x1024.png 642w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Poster-1-80x128.png 80w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Poster-1-169x270.png 169w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Poster-1.png 679w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe daughter (Mary Philbin) of a rabbi (Nigel De Brulier) is torn between her attraction to a Russian Cossack (Ivan Mozzhukhin) and her revulsion towards him once he invades her village.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jews<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptation<\/li>\n<li>Silent Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nBased on a 1915 Hungarian play by Alexander Brody, this obscure movie by silent film director <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Sloman\">Edward Sloman<\/a> remains one of the few early Hollywood portrayals of European Jewish village life, and as such will be of minor interest to film fanatics; unfortunately, however, the storyline itself leaves much to be desired. It tells the tragic tale of an arrogant but handsome Cossack (Mozzhukhin) who meets a beautiful Jewish girl (Philbin) in a meadow one day, flirts with her, and quarrels with her protective father (De Brulier). Upon leading an invasion of Philbin&#8217;s village, Mozzhukhin spies De Brulier (who has hidden Philbin in the sacred cabinet where his Torah is kept) and the two quickly enter into a battle of wills. When Mozzhukhin asserts that Philbin&#8217;s affections will be the price for not only the life of her fiancee (Otto Matieson) but her entire village, we wonder what kind of choice she will make &#8212; but the denouement eventually devolves into a completely unrealistic situation between Mozzhukhin and Philbin, and the film&#8217;s coda is even less convincingly handled. Nonetheless, this one does remain worth a look simply for its fascinating glimpse at life for early-20th-century European Jews. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An interesting and respectful look at traditional Jewish village life<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Judaism.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Judaism.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Judaism-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Judaism-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Judaism2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Judaism2.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Judaism2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Judaism2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Fine cinematography<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Direction.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Direction.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Direction-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Direction-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Cinematography.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Cinematography-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Surrender-Cinematography-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look if you&#8217;re curious. Listed as a Sleeper in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0018457\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?res=9D04E3DF143DEE3ABC4952DFB667838C639EDE\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com\/2011_12_01_archive.html\">ithankyouarthur Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You seemed to like me when I wore a peasant&#8217;s garb. Is it my uniform that makes a difference?&#8221; Synopsis: The daughter (Mary Philbin) of a rabbi (Nigel De Brulier) is torn between her attraction to a Russian Cossack (Ivan Mozzhukhin) and her revulsion towards him once he invades her village. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Jews Play Adaptation Silent Films Review: Based on a 1915 Hungarian play by Alexander Brody, this obscure movie by silent film director Edward Sloman&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=23699\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23699"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59625,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23699\/revisions\/59625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}