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poster Polikushka

Polikushka

"Polikushka" was the only film directed by Aleksandr Sanin, one of Moscow Art Academic Theatre's founders, and is based on Lev Tolstoy's homonym short story. In spite the many differences between the lite…

poster The Little House in Kolomna

The Little House in Kolomna

Based on the story by Pushkin. Pretty young Parasha is living with her widowed mother. Parasha diligently takes care of many household tasks, but she also enjoys flirting with the guards's officers who pa…

poster Glumov's Diary

Glumov's Diary

5mn - Fantasy, Comedy

Filmic insert to Eisenstein's modernized, free adaptation of Ostrovskiy's 19th-century Russian stage play, "The Wise Man" ("Na vsyakogo mudretsa dovolno prostoty"). The anti-hero Glumov tries to escape ex…

poster Hearts in Exile

Hearts in Exile

59mn - Drama, History, Romance

In Czarist Russia, attractive Anna Ivanovna has consecrated her life to work among Russia's persecuted poor. She dispenses food, medicine, and funds to the needy, from a busy charity headquarters. Two men…

poster The Dying Swan

The Dying Swan

After being betrayed by her playboy lover, a heartbroken mute young woman joins a ballet company; during a performance of “The Dying Swan,” she enraptures a painter obsessed with portraying death genuinel…

Vadim

The landowner Palitsyn (Chardynin) long and successfully sues the neighbor. The lawsuit led to the ruin. He died, leaving orphans children — humpback a young boy Vadim (Speransky) and three-year Olga. In …

poster The Little Match Seller

The Little Match Seller

A short melodrama based on Hans Christian Andersen's harrowing tale. A poor little girl tries to sell matchsticks in the freezing December cold. She lights matches for some light and warmth. There are vis…

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 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…

poster The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom

The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom

115mn - Romance, Comedy

As she works in her tedious office job, Maria Ivanovna dreams about being married, and she has particular hopes that her co-worker Nikodim Mityushin will take an interest in her. Nikodim, though, is in lo…

poster Drama at the Puppets' House

Drama at the Puppets' House

4mn - Comedy, Animation, Crime

For a short comedy of rare merit this subject is unexcelled. A chalk line series of grotesque caricatures enacted in the land of puppets. A fickle maiden gets herself into numerous embarrassing complicati…

poster Chrysanthemums

Chrysanthemums

A tragic story of a ballerina.

poster Boyar Orsha

Boyar Orsha

9mn - History, Drama

Based on Lermontov's poem of the same name, Boyar Orsha (Peter Chardynin) leaves the service of Ivan the Terrible.

poster The Ballet Master's Dream

The Ballet Master's Dream

2mn - Comedy, Fantasy

It's late in the evening, and the ballet master's bed has been prepared for him. But he cannot take his mind off of his work, and instead of going to sleep he paces the floor and tries out dance steps. Fi…

poster The Palace and the Fortress

The Palace and the Fortress

100mn - Drama, History

An adaptation of Olga Frosh's novel about the life of Mihail Beideman.

poster Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost

Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost

6mn - Drama, Fantasy

Filmed in 35mm and in black and white, this short silent film was produced by the English film pioneer R. W. Paul, and directed by Walter R. Booth and was filmed at Paul's Animatograph Works. It was relea…

poster The Chechahcos

The Chechahcos

A fire engulfs a shipload of prospectors and adventurers making their way to Alaska. In the confusion, Mrs. Stanlaw is separated from her young daughter, who ends up in the care of 'Horseshoe' Riley and B…

poster The Magician

The Magician

1mn - Fantasy, Drama

In this scene is shown a magician behind an ordinary table, upon which he suddenly and mysteriously causes to appear a large box, into which he leaps. The sides of the box fall to the ground, but instead …

poster The Queen of Spades

The Queen of Spades

15mn - Horror, Drama

Based on Pushkin's short story: When his friends play faro, Germann always enjoys watching, but he never gambles himself. One day, as he is watching their game, he learns that an elderly countess staying …

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