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Resurrection
Resurrection
Directed by	Edward José
Screenplay by	Leo Tolstoy; Charles E. Whittaker
Based on	Resurrection (Voskraeseniye); by Leo Tolstoy, 1899
Produced by	Adolph Zukor
Starring	Pauline Frederick; Robert Elliott; John St. Polis; Jere Austin
Cinematography	Ned Van Buren
Production; company	Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	May 19, 1918;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Resurrection is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Edward José and written by Leo Tolstoy and Charles E. Whittaker, based on Tolstoy's 1899 novel Resurrection. The film stars Pauline Frederick, Robert Elliott, John St. Polis, and Jere Austin. The film was released on May 19, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.^[1]^[2] It is not known whether the film currently survives, so it may be a lost film.^[3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[4] Katusha (Frederick), a servant, betrayed by Prince Nekludov (Elliott), a Russian officer and member of nobility, is forced through the inexorable Russian custom to become a woman of the streets. As a social outcast she is accused of the murder of prominent merchant and sentenced to Siberia by a jury on which the army officer is a member. Overcome by remorse he seeks the Czar and obtains a pardon for Katusha. Upon his arrival in Siberia he gives her the pardon and offers, in atonement for the wrong he has done her, to make her his wife. In the meantime, however, she has been taught right living by Simonson (St. Polis), a peasant, and is determined to stay with him until his sentence is complete.