
The Bomb (1914)
When Count Ivan, a Russian nobleman, falls under the displeasure of the government, Duke Boris is commanded by the Czar to deliver to the Count, a notice of the confiscation of his property and his banishment from Russia. The old Count is stunned by the blow. While he reads the Imperial order, Sonia, the Count's daughter, appears, and Boris is surprised to recognize in her a woman whom he has previously seen and admired. Sonia flames in anger at Boris, ordering him from the house. When she rushes to her father's side, she finds him dead, killed by the shock of his misfortune. She rises from her knees and swears to be revenged against the government, and Boris, as its agent. Fearing arrest herself, she secures her jewels and a bomb which her father had invented, and which was the cause of the imperial displeasure, and hides in the poorer parts of the city. Boris, seeking Sonia, finds that she has joined a society of anarchists and joins the society himself, in an effort to win her and rescue her from her dangerous associations. He rescues her from insult at the hands of Michael, one of the members, thus winning Sonia's love and Michael's enmity. Michael plots against Boris, or "Kamoroff," as he is known in his disguise. When Boris tries to persuade Sonia to give up the leadership of the society, which she has assumed, she accuses him of faint-heartedness in the cause, and sends him from her, and Boris, fearing to remain longer absent from court, sends word for his apartments to be made ready. The message falls into the hands of Peter, one of the anarchists, and unknown to Boris, they plan to place the bomb, invented by Count Ivan, in his rooms. Sonia is chosen to place the bomb. After Sonia has departed on her dangerous mission, Michael rushes in, crying that he has discovered "Kamoroff" to be the Duke Boris, whom they have sworn to kill. The anarchists all start in pursuit. In the meanwhile, Boris has discovered the loss of papers telling his identity and, in the midst of the realization of his danger, he hears the anarchists coming. He escapes by the window with Michael and the others in close pursuit. In the meanwhile, Sonia has reached Boris' apartments and has placed the bomb, stretching the trip-string across the floor. Boris succeeds in reaching his room. In the darkened apartment, Sonia conceals herself and when Boris enters, she springs upon him with a dagger. The anarchists start to batter down the door. Sonia and Boris, struggling, recognize each other in the moonlight. They draw apart in surprise and horror. Boris' foot strikes the string from the bomb and trips the mechanism. The door is yielding to the attack of the anarchists. Sonia, forgetting her revenge, throws herself into Boris' arms. She sees the smoking bomb and starts back in alarm at this new danger. At that moment the anarchists rush into the outer room. Sonia faints, and Boris, seizing the smoking bomb, hurls it at the on-coming "brotherhood." With a flash of flame and smoke it explodes. In the wrecked room, Boris recovers consciousness. The anarchists are piled in the doorway, killed by their bomb. In Boris' arms, Sonia opens her eyes, her thirst for revenge swallowed up in her great love.All Releases
Domestic
–
–
International
–
–
Worldwide
–
–
GenresDrama
Short
IMDbPro
See more details at IMDbPro
Filmmakers | Role |
---|---|
Joseph W. Smiley | Director |
Harry Chandlee | Writer |
Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
Cast | Role |
---|---|
William W. Cohill | |
Lila Leslie |