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A Nihilist Vengeance (1913)
Short | Short, Drama

A Nihilist Vengeance (1913)

Short | Short, Drama

The daughter of the Jewish banker, Zoleski, is beloved by the young. Prince Gortchakoff, a Christian. Zoleski is a Nihilist and there meets at his house, in secret conclave, some of the most prominent members of this noted order of liberty...See moreThe daughter of the Jewish banker, Zoleski, is beloved by the young. Prince Gortchakoff, a Christian. Zoleski is a Nihilist and there meets at his house, in secret conclave, some of the most prominent members of this noted order of liberty. The Count Zobanhoff, who is a member of the Russian secret police, succeeds in becoming an initiate of the Nihilist society. At a ball given in the Prince's palace, among those present is the Jewish banker's daughter. Count Zobanhoff, the spy, while under the influence of liquor, insults the Jewess, and is rebuked for it by the prince in stern fashion and driven in disgrace from the ballroom. This fellow now hatches a plot against the prince and the latter is arrested and proven a Nihilist. To add to his bitter cup, the prince is degraded and broken from his high official dignities in the army. He is also condemned to be shot. The Jewess sweetheart now remembers that her father once saved the life of the Czarina and received a promise and a token from, her that any favor would be granted him upon presentation of the token and document accompanying same, and so she resolves to make use of this boon in behalf of her lover. In spite of the machinations of the spy, the Count Zobanhoff, who even goes to the length of blowing up a bridge to impede her progress in reaching the throne room and gaining the favor desired. The spy is now condemned to death by the Nihilists and his executioner appointed. In the meantime, the banker, Zoleski, has been arrested by the spy, and every effort is made to extract from him the names of his fellow conspirators, but without avail. His daughter is distracted, but her prince lover swears to liberate her father. By a bold ruse, he gains admission to the office of the governor general, which is the rendezvous of the Count Zobanhoff, The governor general is seized, overcome, and the prince assumes his personality in a clever fashion. When the spy calls, the governor general meets him and forces him to write a letter exonerating the Jew and implicating himself in a Nihilist plot, and intimating an intention of suicide. An hour later, the spy is found dead with a revolver in his grasp. The Nihilist's verdict had been carried out. The old Jew is set free and conducted by the prince to his daughter, who is waiting for him in the Nihilist's den. The prince, now being a member, is warmly greeted and receives as a just reward, the hand of the beautiful Jewess from her grateful father. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
James Kirkwood Prince Gortchakoff Prince Gortchakoff See fewer	In Wrong (1919)
Gertrude Robinson The Jewish Banker's Daughter (unconfirmed) The Jewish Banker's Daughter (unconfirmed) See fewer	The Feud and the Turkey (1908)
Ray Ford Actress Actress See fewer	The Crazy Clock Maker (1915)

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