There is an appeal in this strong play which will go straight to the heart of almost anyone who sees it. The poverty and misery of the Russian peasant is faithfully reproduced. Whether the cruelty of the nobleman and his friends as shown is real, or occurs only in rare instances must be left for those who know to say; but the picture is deeply affecting. A princess, the story shows, gained the gratitude of one of the despised peasants when she prevented an attack upon his sister. Then comes an uprising of the peasants, and the grateful one is able to recompense her for her kindness. And she, quicker to see actual conditions than her father, induces him to institute reforms which benefit these unfortunates. It has merits well worth consideration. - The Moving Picture World, January 27, 1912
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