Pyotr Chardynin Movies

  • 1909
    A Sixteenth Century Russian Wedding

    A Sixteenth Century Russian Wedding

    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):...

    A Sixteenth Century Russian Wedding
  • 1909
    Dead Souls

    Dead Souls

    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...

    Dead Souls
  • 1909
    The Enchantress

    The Enchantress

    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...

    The Enchantress
  • 1910
    The Queen of Spades

    The Queen of Spades

    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...

    The Queen of Spades
  • 1928
    Behind the Monastery Wall

    Behind the Monastery Wall

    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...

    Behind the Monastery Wall
  • 1911
    It Shines But It Doesn't Warm

    It Shines But It Doesn't Warm

    It Shines But It Doesn't Warm

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    It Shines But It Doesn't Warm
  • 1911
    Vasilisa Melentievna and Tsar Ivan the Terrible

    Vasilisa Melentievna and Tsar Ivan the Terrible

    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...

    Vasilisa Melentievna and Tsar Ivan the Terrible
  • 1928
    The Little Shoes

    The Little Shoes

    The Little Shoes

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    To justify the fantastic adventures of the blacksmith Vakula, the authors of the film “simplify” Gogol’s plot: Vakula, having drunk...

    The Little Shoes
  • 1926
    Taras Shevchenko

    Taras Shevchenko

    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...

    Taras Shevchenko
  • 1912
    The Fastidious Bride

    The Fastidious Bride

    The Fastidious Bride

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    About a young pretty bride, who cannot choose between all the grooms that circles around her...

    The Fastidious Bride
  • 1915
    Natasha Rostova

    Natasha Rostova

    Natasha Rostova

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    Lost film based on Leo Tolstoy's story from War and Peace novel.

    Natasha Rostova
  • 1911
    What A Kiss!

    What A Kiss!

    What A Kiss!

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    Comedy vaudeville based on the play-joke by R. Chinarov "Dear Kiss".

    What A Kiss!
  • 1925
    Ukrasia

    Ukrasia

    Ukrasia

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    The first Ukrainian adventure detective story. The action takes place in Odesa in 1920, occupied by Denikin's troops. The White Guard...

    Ukrasia
  • 1915
    Petersburg Slums

    Petersburg Slums

    Petersburg Slums

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    Five-episode adaptation of the eponymous Russian novel, directed by Pyotr Chardynin et al.

    Petersburg Slums
  • 1914
    The Nurse

    The Nurse

    The Nurse

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    The Nurse
  • 1914
    Woman of Tomorrow

    Woman of Tomorrow

    Woman of Tomorrow

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    A female doctor is so busy with her work that she has too little time for her fiancé. He falls in love with a waitress and the two have a...

    Woman of Tomorrow
  • 1924
    You're not a Thief Until You're Caught

    You're not a Thief Until You're Caught

    You're not a Thief Until You're Caught

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    Based on the novel "Three Thieves" by Italian writer Umberto Notari. The banker's wife Ornano gives the key to her house to her lover Count Guido....

    You're not a Thief Until You're Caught
  • 1909
    Drama in Moscow

    Drama in Moscow

    Drama in Moscow

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    An actress is given a telegram in her theater bathroom in the presence of a fan: she has won the trial and can receive one hundred thousand rubles....

    Drama in Moscow
  • 1915
    Love of a State Councillor

    Love of a State Councillor

    Love of a State Councillor

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    Silent film from 1915 which draws on the story of Carmen

    Love of a State Councillor
  • 1914
    Chrysanthemums

    Chrysanthemums

    Chrysanthemums

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    A tragic story of a ballerina.

    Chrysanthemums