Arseniy Bibikov
Writer and actor.
Mazepa
as King Yan KazimirShort film based on a poem by Julius Slovacki.
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Child of the Big City
as Kramskoi, his friendSeamstress Mary dreams of a better life outside a sweatshop. Her dreams come true when she draws...
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Defence of Sevastopol
as TotlebenFirst film ever that was shot by two cameras. Set in 1854-1855, in Sevastopol and Yalta during...
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The Tale of the Sleeping Princess and the Seven Knights
as The bogatyr's leader
In A Lively Place
as Vukul BessudniyBased on the 1865 play of the same name by Alexander Ostrovsky.
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The Idiot
as General YepanchinAn adaptation of the Dostoyevsky novel.
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Leon Drey
as Bertha's fatherA Jewish parvenu climbs the social ladder by seducing wealthy women.
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Children of the Age
as Lebedev, the businessmanThe picture tells the story of Maria, a devoted wife of a bank employee. The couple has a cozy...
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The Peasants' Lot
as MaksimTwo peasants in feudal Russia wish to marry but tragedy strikes. A grim if familiar depiction of...
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Knight's Spirit
as uncreditedA romance in the upper-classes develops as the Bolshevik revolution is at hand.
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The In-Law
as Ivan's fatherLusha is suffering from her drunken husband. One day her father-in-law rapes her. Of course, she...
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Cagliostro
as Altotasa the alchemistThe last of Starewicz's surviving Russian shorts
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Mirages
as Dymov, The MillionaireMarianna advertises for work as a reader and is employed by the reclusive millionaire Dymov....
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Snegurochka
as Tsar BerendeyBased on Alexander Ostrovsky's "The Snow Maiden"
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Sashka the Rider
as uncreditedThe last surviving fiction film from Wladyslaw Starewicz's wartime associtation with the...
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It Shines But It Doesn't Warm
as Vasilkov, Olya's father, Renyova's property manager