Tovarich

(1937)

98 minutes

Comedy

Directed by Anatole Litvak

Cast:

Claudette Colbert as Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna Romanov
Charles Boyer as Prince Mikail Alexandrovitch Ouratieff
Basil Rathbone as Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko
Anita Louise as Helene Dupont
Melville Cooper and Isabel Jeans as Charles and Hermonde Dupont
Morris Carnovsky as Chauffourier Dubieff
Victor Kilian as Gendarme
Maurice Murphy as Georges Dupont
Gregory Gaye as Count Frederic Brekenski
Montagu Love as M. Courtois
Renie Riano as Madame Courtois
Fritz Feld as Martelleau 
 
Tovarich, The Russian word for comrade, A royal Russian couple are kicked out of their country by Bolshevik war. They travel to Paris where they have no money. They find jobs as a butler and maid in a rich estate. They succeed in their new jobs since they are well-mannered. It is soon discovered they come from royalty and must now take on new staggering obligations.

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