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What is the English language plot outline for The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1930)?

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Sergeant Gischa Patrotkin (Chester Morris), a simple-minded Russian soldier, escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp. He hides out for awhile with a peasant girl named Babka (Betty Compson), but finally his longing for his homeland overcomes him. Wearing the identity of a dead Russian spy he is soon recaptured by the Germans and sentenced to death. The German ruthlessness and disdain for justice is driven home when proof of his innocence of being the spy is brushed aside.

Betty Compson and Chester Morris in The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1930)

A DRAMA FOR THOSE WHO FACE LIFE STANDING UP! (Print Ad- The Leader-Post,((Regina, Saskatchewan)) 12 May 1930)

THE SUPREME EPIC OF MANKIND (original poster-all caps)

DIFFERENT DARING DRAMA (original window-card-all caps)

A representation of the misspent life of a single man, Grisha, caught against his will in the machinery of war. (Print Ad- Lafayette Ledger, ((Lafayette, Minn.)) 13 June 1930)

A PICTURE THAT DARES TO BE GREAT (Print Ad-Urbana Daily Courier, ((Urbana, Ills.)) 24 March 1930)

A Russian soldier escapes from a German prison-and then adventure that tears your heart! Grips your very soul!- A Colossal Epic of Man, Woman and War! (Print ad- Carbon County News, ((Red Lodge, Mont.)) 17 April 1930)

Daring drama inflamed as human life...stark as human passion...a talking picture that is not a passing fancy, but an event that will indelibly mark the lives of all who see it...scenes that wrench the heart and sear the soul...that draw the nerves as taut as bowstrings. (Print Ad-Sunday Star, ((Washington, DC)) 2 March 1930)

Stark as Human Passion! Sturdy as Human Faith! Tremendous as Life Itself! The creator of &quot;Beau Geste&quot; and Sorrell &amp; Son&quot; brings to the talking screen a play so utterly different that it upsets all precedent, defies tradition, and will be the most discussed picture in film history! (Print Ad- New York Sun, ((New York, NY)) 7 March 1930)

Staggering Human Epic of Man, Woman, and War (Print Ad- Griffin Daily News, ((Griffin, Ga.)) 28 August 1930)

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