Hearts in Exile
About Hearts in Exile
Hope Ivanovna, played by Clara Kimball Young, marries the rich Serge Palma so she can keep feeding the poor, though she loves the student Paul Pavloff. Count Nicolai, who wants her, sends Serge to Siberia for fifteen years and Paul to the provinces for five, on false charges. Paul trades identities with Serge. Hope finds Paul, now a prison doctor, and after word comes that Serge died escaping they hold a marriage of their own. Serge returns alive. An officer overhears them; they flee by sled. Serge is killed in the chase, and Hope and Paul get away across the ice.
Cast & crew
More about Hearts in Exile
James Young directed. Owen Davis wrote the scenario from John Oxenham's 1904 novel. World Film produced and released it on 12 April 1915, at 59 minutes. A reissue used the title Hearts Afire. Arthur Edeson was the cameraman. Edwin L. Hollywood assisted Young.
Themes
Background
The story is set in imperial Russia and ends with a flight across river ice from a Siberian sentence.
Look
Arthur Edeson photographed the film at the Peerless studio in Fort Lee.
Preservation
A 28mm print is at George Eastman House, a 1977 gift of the 3M Foundation.
Notes
- Montagu Love plays Count Nicolai, Claude Fleming plays Serge Palma, Vernon Steele plays Paul Pavloff, and Frederick Truesdell plays Captain Sokaloff.
- Paul McAllister, Bert Starkey, and Clarissa Selwynne are also billed.
- Hope refuses Paul because he is too poor to fund her charity, then accepts Serge for his money.
- George Eastman House holds a 28mm print, given by the 3M Foundation in 1977.
Scenes
- Paul takes Serge's heavier sentence.
- The pursuers and their horses go through a hole in the ice.
Influenced by
- John Oxenham's novel Hearts in Exile (1904)
Also available
- Internet Archive (publicdomainHeartsinExile)
