Aleksandra goncharova

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poster Die Serpentintänzerin

Die Serpentintänzerin

1mn - Documentary

A young woman dancer with large, flowing robes, swirls round herself quickly, making her light robe flow around her like a butterfly's wings.

poster Ballet Mécanique

Ballet Mécanique

19mn - Documentary, Fantasy

A pulsing, kaleidoscope of images set to an energetic soundtrack. This is a world in motion, dominated by mechanical and repetitive images, with a few moments of solitude in a garden.

poster The Gold Obsession

The Gold Obsession

7mn - Fantasy, Comedy

An artist is painting the portrait of a young woman dressed in a country costume in his attic studio. The landlord demands the rent, but the artist has no money. The model tries to comfort him, but he thr…

Mazeppa

15mn - Drama, History

Mazepa, the Ukrainian governor is in love with his goddaughter Maria. He quickly wins her heart. But her old father treats the wooer harshly… Maria runs away. The furious father won’t submit. This intrigu…

poster Father Sergius

Father Sergius

112mn - History, Drama

The story of Prince Stepán Kasátsky discovering his fiancée was the mistress of the Czar, so he then becomes a monk.

poster The Goose Woman

The Goose Woman

A famous opera singer lost her voice when her son was born, and has drowned her sorrows in drink. When a murder is committed near her house, she invents a story in order to get herself back in front of th…

1812

41mn - Drama, History

Made in 1912, this film has become known as one of the greatest pieces of pre-Soviet cinema. The silent film tells the story of the Patriotic war of 1812 when Napoleon attempted to invade Russia. This joi…

poster Annabelle Butterfly Dance

Annabelle Butterfly Dance

1mn - Documentary

Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dances. For this performance, her costume has a pair of wings attached to her back, to suggest a butterfly. As she dances, she uses her long, flowing…

poster The Polish Dancer

The Polish Dancer

62mn - Drama, Romance

A wild young girl runs away from her parents' house to support herself and attracts the attentions of a married man, who is prepared to abandon his wife and child for her.

poster Anita Garibaldi

Anita Garibaldi

poster The Emperor of Russia's Arrival in Elsinore

The Emperor of Russia's Arrival in Elsinore

1mn - Documentary

Nikolai II (1868-1918), the last Russian czar, son of Alexander III and Dagmar. He had been in Denmark on vacation with his parents several times. The royal houses usually met in September to celebrate Qu…

poster The Broken Butterfly

The Broken Butterfly

58mn - Drama, Romance

A woman in Canada abused by her aunt falls in love with a foreign composer looking for inspiration, who comes to find it in her and the star-crossed romance that develops between them.

poster Tsar Ivan Vasilevich The Terrible

Tsar Ivan Vasilevich The Terrible

42mn - Drama, History

This film was a true peculiarity, a filmed version of the great Feodor Chaliapin in one of his most famous roles; the fact that it was a silent film, with title cards, meant that audiences could only appr…

Morozko

40mn - Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Based on the Russian fairy tale Father Frost.

poster The Price of Beauty

The Price of Beauty

Countess von Würzen is of a certain age, but she still captivates the men she meets on her way. When her daughter Elsa announces her engagement to the young, handsome Leopold von Raven, the countess sudde…

Mirages

37mn - Drama, Romance

Marianna advertises for work as a reader and is employed by the reclusive millionaire Dymov. Appreciative of her sensitive, artistic nature, and of her youthful innocence and purity, Dymov is protective o…

poster Alice the Toreador

Alice the Toreador

8mn - Animation

Alice is in a bullfight where she thinks she will win since she is matched against a peaceful bull. But the tables are turned when her bull is switched with one with a worse temper.

poster Krazy Kat Goes A-Wooing

Krazy Kat Goes A-Wooing

3mn - Romance, Comedy, Animation

Krazy Kat tries to serenade Ignatz Mouse.

poster The Kreutzer Sonata

The Kreutzer Sonata

The Kreutzer Sonata is based on a novella by Leo Tolstoy, named after Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. The work is an argument for the ideal of sexual abstinence and an in-depth first-person description of je…

poster Artistic Creation

Artistic Creation

An artist draws the head of a pretty girl, takes the drawing off the paper and places it on a small table, turning the image into the head of a real woman. He then continuous drawing the lady, one body pa…

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