u/MelodyMongo

The theme that plays at 15:49; 43:48; 48:58 - my brain tells me it's a famous quotation from something Russian. Or is it just a fairly convincing riff on Russian themes? Any help would be massively appreciated.

https://archive.org/details/asa-the-scarlet-empress-1934-a-film-directed-by-josef-von-sternberg-with-marlene