The Emperor's Candlesticks

The Emperor's Candlesticks

Drama that will toy with your heart

1937 · 89 min · ★ 4.9 · Drama, History, Romance

Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.

Directed by George Fitzmaurice · Written by Harold Goldman

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