Movies
- 1909
A Sixteenth Century Russian Wedding
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A dramatization of a wedding in 16th-century Russia, between members of two prominent boyar families (based on paintings by Konstantin Makovskii):...
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- 1911
The Country Man, or The Involuntary Tragedian
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- 1915
The Last Day of Today
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- 1910
The Idiot
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A historic milestone in Russian cinema, recognized as the very first film adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's famous 1869 novel.
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- 1918
Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent
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Paula is a circus performer married to the alcoholic clown-acrobat Lorio. Lorio's heavy drinking leads to him being severely injured during a...
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- 1915
Natasha Rostova
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Lost film based on Leo Tolstoy's story from War and Peace novel.
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- 1928
Behind the Monastery Wall
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The old nunnery owns the best lands. Nuns rent out the land to local rich men, and exploiting peasants they have a wealthy life. The peasants live in...
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- 1909
The Enchantress
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This tragedy depicts a father and son in love with the same woman, who is an enchantress. She keeps them both in subjection with her charms, butthe...
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- 1914
Volga And Siberia
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- 1911
It Shines But It Doesn't Warm
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- 1917
Forget the Fireplace; the Lights Went out in It ...
Forget the Fireplace; the Lights Went out in It ...01917HD
Continuation of Chardynin's drama By the Fireplace. Lost film.
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- 1911
Vasilisa Melentievna and Tsar Ivan the Terrible
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Based on the drama by Dmitry Averkiev. The reign of Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich the Terrible. Boyar Vorotynsky loudly expresses his indignation at the...
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- 1915
Love of a State Councillor
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Silent film from 1915 which draws on the story of Carmen
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- 1908
Drama in a Gypsy Camp Near Moscow
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Two gypsy lovers sneak away from camp at night. The man proposes, the woman refuses. He then murders her with a knife. The body is immediately...
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- 1924
Lord of the Black Rocks
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The film takes place somewhere abroad. One of the characters in the film, novice Morne, rescues a fisherman girl, Armela, who loses her mind from...
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- 1909
Dead Souls
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Film adaptation of excerpts from Nikolai Gogol's novel of the same name. Only two episodes are recreated faithfully: Chichikov's visit to Sobakevich...
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- 1926
Taras Shevchenko
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The film adaptation of Taras Shevchenko’s biography of 1925 is the first Ukrainian biopic. At that time, it was one of the most expensive...
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- 1927
Taras Tryasylo
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It's the 17th century, when social antagonism is at its peak. The poverty of peasants and poor Cossacks is opposed to the lavish lifestyle of the...
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- 1910
The Queen of Spades
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Based on Pushkin's short story: When his friends play faro, Hermann always enjoys watching, but he never gambles himself. One day, as he is watching...
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- 1909
Marriage
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Selection of scenes from Nikolay Gogol's comedy of the same name. Lost movie.
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