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Early Russian Cinema, Volume 5: Chardynin’s Pushkin

Posted on October 26, 2018

Call Number: RUSDOCE1.5

Alternate Title: Early Russian Cinema, Volume 5: Chardynin's Pushkin

Year: 1992

Director: Milestone Film & Video

Duration: 45 mins

Language(s): Russian

Subtitle Language(s): English

A compilation of two early Russian films produced between 1910 and 1913. Many Pushkin adaptations appeared during the establishment of the Russian film industry which helped popularise the author. Chardynin, former touring actor-manager gave Russian cinema a distinctly cultured orientation with his films The Queen of Spades (1910) and The House in Kolomna (1913).