Movies: A Khanzhonkov And Co
- 1912
The Cameraman's Revenge (1912)
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A jilted husband takes his revenge by filming his wife and her lover and showing the result at the local cinema. This was one of Starewicz' first animated films, and stars a cast of animated beetles....
- 1913
Twilight of a Woman's Soul (1913)
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Despite living in luxury, Vera is lonely and discontented. When she accompanies her mother, the Countess, on a charity visit to the poor, she is troubled by what she sees, and she resolves to do whatever she can to help them…...
- 1915
After Death (1915)
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Young scholar Andrei, fascinated by haunting actress Zoia Kadmina, is surprised when she sends him a note. The two have a brief scheduled meeting, then three months later Andrei is shocked to learn she has died. He becomes obsessed with Zoia's memory...
- 1917
The Dying Swan (1917)
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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 genuinely....
- 1918
Engineer Prite's Project (1918)
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A man is caught between his friendship with a young engineer wishing to open his peat-powered electric plant and his love for a young woman, whose father owns an oil company....
- 1913
The Grasshopper and the Ant (1913)
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An ant works to prepare for winter while a drunken grasshopper plays his violin and dances away his time. When the snow arrives, the grasshopper pleads with the ant for shelter and is turned away to die....
- 1916
A Life for a Life (1916)
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Wealthy Mrs. Khromova has a natural daughter, Musya, and an adopted daughter, Nata. The merchant Zhurov is in love with Nata, and hopes to marry her, but she is non-committal....
- 1909
A Sixteenth Century Russian Wedding (1909)
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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): Three matchmakers first visit the family of the prospective bride, and then do the same with the prospe...
- 1910
The Water Nymph (1910)
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"Rusalka" or "Mermaid" based on Pushkin, an opera by Dargomizhsky, and other sources: A prince and a miller's daughter have been involved in a romance together, but now the prince tells her that he must break it off. After the prince leaves, the dist...
- 1910
The Queen of Spades (1910)
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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 nearby is said to possess a secret for winning...
- 1911
Defence of Sevastopol (1911)
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First film ever that was shot by two cameras. Set in 1854-1855, in Sevastopol and Yalta during the Crimean War. Admirals Kornilov (Mozzhukhin) and Nakhimov (Gromov) organize the defense during the siege of Sevastopol. Both admirals are killed during ...
- 1913
The Insects' Christmas (1913)
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A Father Christmas ornament climbs down from a decorated tree, and goes to the forest. There he creates and decorates a Christmas tree for the forest creatures. He then invites all the insects, along with a friendly frog, to come and enjoy the gifts ...
- 1915
The Happiness of Eternal Night (1915)
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A blind woman is cured by a doctor, but when her sight is restored she rejects him for his younger brother....
- 1915
Leon Drey (1915)
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A Jewish parvenu climbs the social ladder by seducing wealthy women....
- 1912
The Beautiful Leukanida (1912)
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Two insects fight over the hand of a beautiful lady....
- 1913
The Night Before Christmas (1913)
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Based on Gogol's story. It is Christmas Eve, and the town witches’ son, a blacksmith, seeks an honest marriage to his love who wishes for a pair of shoes fit for the Tsarina. A mischievous devil is trapped into providing service to the smith....
- 1916
The Seducer (1916)
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- 1914
Woman of Tomorrow (1914)
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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 child. Though considered by some to be a proto-feminist yarn, the film dwells on the consequences that equal rig...
- 1914
Glory to Us, Death to the Enemy (1914)
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This 1914 drama set in the WWI-era relates a heroic act carried out by a war nurse for the Red Cross (Dora Tschitorina) who has witnessed the death of her husband (Ivan Mosjoukine)....
- 1913
Sorrows of Sarah (1913)
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This film captures a stage production at Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, accompanied by the choir of Moscow Synagogue. Brothers Isaak and Borukh are both in love with Sarra, but Sarra chooses Isaac and they got married. However, Sarra could not conceive f...