Directed by Lev Kuleshov
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Flicker Alley)
Gold prospectors in the Yukon finally make a strike, but one of them goes amok with a gun. The survivors, a man and his wife, tie him up and argue over whether or not to kill him. She uses religion and the law to win the argument. Meanwhile, the snow melt has begun and their hut is surrounded by rising water. Cut off from civilization, they spend an agonizing few weeks together. Eventually, they hold a mock trial under the watchful eye of a portrait of the Queen of England. Aleksandra Khokhlova gives another memorable performance as the wife, but the story tends to drag and even Aleksandra's acting is a bit over-dramatic. Based on a Jack London story, it is refreshingly free of the usual Soviet politics.
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