Miss Mend (also known as The Adventures of the Three Reporters) is a 1926 Soviet spy film, originally realised in three parts, directed by and starring Boris Barnet and Fyodor Otsep. It is loosely based on the adventure novels Mess-Mend by Marietta Shaginyan. The story follows the adventures of three reporters who try to stop a biological attack on the USSR by powerful Western businessmen.
The surviving print is just over four hours long. The film was restored by David Shepard, and released on DVD in December 2009 by Flicker Alley.Boris Barnet, "Miss Mend""Miss Mend", Flicker Alley
Cast
Natalia Glan - Vivian Mend, secretary Boris Barnet - Barnet Champion, tabloid-press reporter Vladimir Fogel - Vogel, press-photographer Igor Ilyinsky - Tom Hopkins, clerk Ivan Koval-Samborski - Arthur Stern Sergey Komarov -Chiche Peter Repnin - bandit - Elizabeth Stern Vladimir Ural - policeman Dmitri Kapka - passenger Mikhail Zharov - Michael Rosen Sanin - Tatiana Mukhina - homeless Kolka Anel Sudakevich - stenographer Irina Volodko - P. Poltoratsky - S. Goetz - John, Vivian's nephew
References
External links
Dave Kehr (11 December 2009) "DVDS: All-American Soviet Heroine", The New York Times "Miss Mend (1926) A Silent Film Review" (3 February 2013) Movies Silently