Vera Karalli
Vera Karalli was a Russian ballerina turned star silent film actress. A mistress of Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, she reportedly was a co-conspirator in the plot to murder Grigori Rasputin in December 1916. She died in Austria in 1972.
Cinema in Russia
as Film footageDocumentary film about early years of Russian cinema: its first directors, cameramen, producers...
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After Death
as Zoia KadminaYoung scholar Andrei, fascinated by haunting actress Zoia Kadmina, is surprised when she sends...
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The Dying Swan
as Gizella RaccioAfter being betrayed by her playboy lover, a heartbroken mute young woman joins a ballet...
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The King of Paris
as CameoThis film was the last work of Yevgeni Bauer. At work on the film previous, For Happiness («За...
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A Woman's Revenge
as uncreditedIn order to punish her cold, brutal aristocratic husband for murdering her lover, a woman...
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The Draconian Contract
as Restaurant owner's daughterThe waiter Antosha is in love with the restaurant owner's daughter. This distracts Antosha from...
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Chrysanthemums
as Vera Alekseevna Nevolina, the dancerA tragic story of a ballerina.
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The Happiness of Eternal Night
as Lily Pleskova, the blind young womanA blind woman is cured by a doctor, but when her sight is restored she accidently mistakes her...
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Love of a State Councillor
as Lola, the dancerSilent film from 1915 which draws on the story of Carmen
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