We Live Again (1934)

We Live Again was based on Tolstoy’s Resurrection; the title was changed upon producer Sam Goldwyn’s theory that it meant the same thing as Resurrection and was easier to understand. The film was meant as an introductory showcase for Goldwyn’s latest discovery, Russian actress  Anna Sten. The story, much laundered from the Tolstoy original, depicts the downfall of a peasant girl who is seduced by a Russian prince (Fredric March). The once-callous nobleman tries to make amends for the hurt he has inflicted on the girl, who has wound up in prison for solicitation.

Anna Sten, Fredric March, Jane Baxter, C. Aubrey Smith, Ethel Griffies, Sam Jaffe

1934, B&W, 82 minutes