# Bavu > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bavu > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bavu.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavu > Source revision: 1341843831 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1923 film by Stuart Paton Bavu Wallace Beery as Bavu Directed by Stuart Paton Written by Raymond L. Schrock Albert Kenyon Based on The Attic of Felix Bavu by Earl Carroll Produced by Carl Laemmle Starring Wallace Beery Cinematography Allen M. Davey Distributed by Universal Pictures Release date May 7, 1923 (1923-05-07) Running time 8 reels Country United States Language Silent (English intertitles) ***Bavu*** is a 1923 [silent](/source/Silent_film) American [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Stuart Paton](/source/Stuart_Paton), starring [Wallace Beery](/source/Wallace_Beery) in the title role, and written by Albert Kenyon and [Raymond L. Schrock](/source/Raymond_L._Schrock) based upon a play by [Earl Carroll](/source/Earl_Carroll).[1][2] The film is a period piece involving [Bolsheviks](/source/Bolsheviks) and the [Russian Revolution](/source/Russian_Revolution). ## Plot According to the *[Motion Picture News](/source/Motion_Picture_News)*: A Russian revolutionist incites the peasantry to burn the city. Mischka, a former servant in the nobelman's home, is commissioner of licenses under the new administration. He loves the princess and in order to get her out of the country it is necessary to have the passport sealed with the revolutionist's ring. A fight follows, but Mischka escapes with the girl while Bavu drowns in the pursuit.[3] ## Cast - [Wallace Beery](/source/Wallace_Beery) as Felix Bavu - [Estelle Taylor](/source/Estelle_Taylor) as Princess Annia - [Forrest Stanley](/source/Forrest_Stanley) as Mischka Vleck - [Sylvia Breamer](/source/Sylvia_Breamer) as Olga Stropik - [Josef Swickard](/source/Josef_Swickard) as Prince Markoff - [Nick De Ruiz](/source/Nick_De_Ruiz) as Kuroff - [Martha Mattox](/source/Martha_Mattox) as Piplette - [Harry Carter](/source/Harry_Carter_(actor)) as Shadow - Jack Rollens as Michael Revno ## Preservation With no prints of *Bavu* found in any film archives,[4] it is a [lost film](/source/Lost_film). ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["American Film Institute Catalog: *Bavu*"](https://catalog.afi.com/Search?searchField=MovieName&searchText=bavu). Retrieved December 10, 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Progressive Silent Film List: *Bavu*](http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/Bavu1923.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20231203172630/http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/Bavu1923.html) December 3, 2023, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) at silentera.com 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Reid, Laurence (1924). ""Bavu"". *Motion Picture News*. **XXVII** (17): 2059. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: *Bavu*"](http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3631/default.html). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20181002102318/http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3631/default.html) from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2020. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Bavu (film)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bavu_(film)). - [*Bavu*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013863/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Stuart Paton 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) The Voice on the Wire (1917) Like Wildfire (1917) The Gray Ghost (1917) The Border Raiders (1918) The Marriage Lie (1918) The Wine Girl (1918) Terror of the Range (1919) The Devil's Trail (1919) The Little Diplomat (1919) The Fatal Sign (1920) Wanted at Headquarters (1920) The Hope Diamond Mystery (1921) The Torrent (1921) Conflict (1921) Reputation (1921) Man to Man (1922) The Man Who Married His Own Wife (1922) The Black Bag (1922) The Married Flapper (1922) Wolf Law (1922) One Wonderful Night (1922) Bavu (1923) The Love Brand (1923) Burning Words (1923) The Scarlet Car (1923) The Night Hawk (1924) Forest Havoc (1926) Frenzied Flames (1926) The Baited Trap (1926) The Lady from Hell (1926) The Wolf Hunters (1926) Fangs of Destiny (1927) The Bullet Mark (1928) The Four-Footed Ranger (1928) The Hound of Silver Creek (1928) First Aid (1931) Air Police (1931) Chinatown After Dark (1931) Hell-Bent for Frisco (1931) Is There Justice? 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