Our Holy Land

Our Holy Land is a 1925 American silent religious drama film directed by Russian émigré actor and playwright Gregory D. Andrei (later George Andy), one of his only two Hollywood feature films he directed and released by Universal and starring cowboy star William S. Hart as a Christian Priest in Post-Revolutionary Russia who dare defy the atheistic communist ruling elite and makes his way to America for religious freedom, the film is a morality tale and showcases a man's struggle for freedom against all odds and is a showcase of Andrei's religious views.

in 1929, the film was re-released as a sound film with newly shot bookend sequences and a shorter running time

Cast

 * William S. Hart as Alexander, a priest
 * Priscilla Dean as Elsa, a beggar and eventual companion of Alexander
 * Conrad Veidt as Comrade Vlad, a Communist dictator based on Vladimir Lenin

Home Media releases

 * 2020 Kino Lorber Blu-ray/DVD (under license from Universal)