Fedora (1918 film)


Fedora is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Edward José and written by Charles E. Whittaker, after the play with the same name by Victorien Sardou. The film stars Pauline Frederick, Alfred Hickman, Jere Austin, William L. Abingdon, and John Merkyl. The film was released on August 4, 1918, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives.

Plot

As described in a film magazine, Fedora, a Russian princess of wealth and beauty and engaged to Count Vladimir Androvitch, vows to bring the murderer of the Count to justice after he is mysteriously slain. She traces the assassin to Paris and poses as a Russian exile. By the practice of her wiles she induces Louis Ipanoff to fall in love with and wrings a confession from him. Ipanoff goes to Fedora's house and reveals the truth of her fiance's death, he having discovered Vladimir in Mme. Ipanoff's bedroom. When Fedora learns of her late fiance's perfidy, she declares her love for Ipanoff and screens him from the police until the Tsar can pardon him and they are finally married.

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