| The Cossacks | |
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| Directed by | George W. Hill Clarence Brown |
| Written by | Frances Marion (adaptation) John Colton (intertitles) |
| Screenplay by | Frances Marion |
| Based on | The Cossacks 1864 novel by Leo Tolstoy |
| Starring | John Gilbert Renée Adorée |
| Cinematography | Percy Hilburn (*French) |
| Edited by | Blanche Sewell |
| Music by | William Axt Paul Lamkoff |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent Version Sound Version (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
| Budget | $694,000[1] |
| Box office | $1.3 million (worldwide rentals)[1] |
The Cossacks is a 1928 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and directed by George Hill and Clarence Brown. Due to the public apathy towards silent films, a sound version was also prepared. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film stars John Gilbert and Renée Adorée and is based on the 1863 novel The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy.[2][3]
- ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ^ White Munden, Kenneth, ed. (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921–1930. University of California Press. p. 146. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
- ^ "The Cossacks". Silent Era. 1999. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012.