Acting

Vera Karalli

Born 1889-07-27 · Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]

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.

Acting credits

6.3

A tragic story of a ballerina.

Chrysanthemums

1914

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

Natasha Rostova

1915

No artwork available

7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Night of September 11

1922

6.4

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.

The Dying Swan

1917

7.0

In order to punish her cold, brutal aristocratic husband for murdering her lover, a woman becomes a common prostitute to shame him.

A Woman's Revenge

1921

No artwork available

Lost film.

From Crime to Crime

1915

Lost film.

Гриф старого борца

1916

No artwork available

The happiness of two lovers is ruined by the composer's obsessive jealousy. Lost movie.

Soul Mates

1915

Drama of the rivalry between two sisters who love the same man. Lost film.

Bronskiy Sisters

1916

Lost movie.

Burnt Wings

1915

10.0

Silent film from 1915 which draws on the story of Carmen

Love of a State Councillor

1915

6.1

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 and decides he must find out all that he can about her.

After Death

1915

5.9

The lives of two young men-- A virtuous artist who's renounced a background of riches and a debonair swindler proclaimed by many the King of Paris-- intersect when the artist's mother becomes the target of the kingly charlatan.

The King of Paris

1917

8.0

The waiter Antosha is in love with the restaurant owner's daughter. This distracts Antosha from his work and the owner is going to fire him. The notary appears and informs the owner that Antosha is receiving a large inheritance. He sets up a three-year contract with Antosha which, In the event of its early termination, the owner receives a large amount. Drunk, Antosha signs the contract, and the next day he becomes rich. Antosha wants to quit right away, but after seeing the contract, he remains to work. At night, he leads the luxurious life of a rich man. The owner of the restaurant is trying this way and that to fire Antosha. But he manages not only to avoid being fired, but also to marry his daughter.

The Draconian Contract

1915

4.0

Documentary film about early years of Russian cinema: its first directors, cameramen, producers and actors. Includes rare fragments of pre-revolutionary feature films, newsreels and Starewicz's animation.

Cinema in Russia

1979

No synopsis available yet.

The Alarm

1917

No artwork available

Filming of the collection of donations during the cinematic film week "To a Soldier in the trenches" in Moscow at the A. Khanzhonkov Theater on November 30, 1915.

Cinema — for the Soldier

1915

No synopsis available yet.

Shadows of Sin

1915

5.8

A blind woman is cured by a doctor, but when her sight is restored she accidently mistakes her kind lover for his wayward younger brother and no one deems to correct her ‘fearing for her psyche’.