Strong in its suggestions, and strong in some of its scenes, this picture represents a departure from the producer's usual work, but it is none the less successful. The anarchistic scene of the bomb- throwing, the harrowing scenes on the long, weary march across the frozen steppes; the sulfur mines, the escape and pursuit by wolves and the timely rescue by the party of Americans, make a series of melodramatic scenes which hold one's attention. The picture gives an idea of Russian prison life and the sufferings of Siberian exiles sufficiently emphatic to impress the most careless or indifferent with the horrors of prison life in that unhappy country. Technically it is not up to the Selig standard, and the final scene is so unconvincing it might have been omitted to advantage. - The Moving Picture World, October 23, 1909
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