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Tesha

0.0 87 mins Romance   Drama   1928
Burlington Films   British International Pictures  
Director(s): Victor Saville

Release Date: 27 Mon, Aug 1928

The luminous Maria Corda stars as the eponymous Tesha, a celebrated Russian dancer who marries an Englishman (Thomas). The couple long for a child but after five years of happy marriage, remain childless. On a trip to Southampton Tesha succumbs to a brief fling with a stranger (Cavanagh), unleashing a barrage of unforeseen consequences and emotional turmoil. The superb cinematography is by the great German cinematographer Werner Brandes who worked on dozens of prestige British productions in the 1920s. Originally shot silent, sound was added in 1929.

Casts of Tesha

MarĂ­a Corda

as Tesha Dobree

Jameson Thomas

as Robert Dobree

Paul Cavanagh

as Lenane

Muriel Minty

as Maid

Daisy Campbell

as Mrs. Dobree

J.J. Espinosa

as Maestro

Bunty Fosse

as Tesha (child)

Mickey Brantford

as Young Simpson

Boris Ranevsky

as Tesha's Father

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