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The great Russian actor Ivan Mozzhukhin co-stars with popular German leading lady Lil Dagover in this cinemadaptation of Leo Tolstoy's Hajji Murad. The title character, Hajji Murad (played by Mozzhukhin), is a hot-headed Caucasian mountaineer leader whose irrational behavior comes to the attention of the Czar (Fritz Alberti). Hoping to use Hajji Murad as a go-between in his plans to conquer the Caucasus mountaineers, the Russian ruler finds that the hero is not so easily manipulated. Rescuing the beautiful Saira (Betty Amann) from the Czar's clutches, Hajji Murad leads the mountain people's revolt against the despotic regent. Begun as a silent film, White Devil was released as a part-talkie.