By the Law

Kuleshov, 1926, from Jack London's The Unexpected. In a Yukon cabin, gold and a killing leave three people: the murderer, and a couple who must decide whether to wait for a court or become one. Alexandra Khokhlova does the wife who cannot sit still; the rooms are boards and snow. Almost no extras. Gosfilmofond and silent archives treat it as Kuleshov after the gags, montage used to trap people in a room. London's Alaska, built outside Moscow.