
Acting
Vera Orlova
Born 1894-05-27
Acting credits
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Sin
1916
4.3A bold study on the dangers of prostitution in the Soviet Union in the 1920s. It's sort of dramatic fiction that tells the story of Lyuba, which after irremediable events, loses his honor, being obliged to exercise the oldest profession in the world to survive. She hopes for better days and a new opportunity. The film also shows us the story of two other women who also need hope.
Prostitute
1927
6.1Historical epic about the legendary Russian naval commander of the 18th century, admiral Fyodor Ushakov, and his fight for Crimea during the Russo-Turkish War.
Admiral Ushakov
1953
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Hawk's Nest
1916
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Me And My Conscience
1915
One of a series of short Bolshevik films, Comrade Abram focuses on Abram Hersh, a young Jewish pogrom survivor who became a factory worker and organizer in Moscow and eventually rose to leadership in the Red Army. This short film emphasizes Hersh's suffering and heroism as both worker and Jew, and promotes solidarity over anti-semitism.
Comrade Abram
1919
NRNo synopsis available yet.
In a Lively Place
1916
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Sashka The Seminarian
1915
6.0A young man travels to Mars in a rocket ship, where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group with the support of Queen Aelita, who has fallen in love with him after watching him through a telescope.
Aelita: Queen of Mars
1924
NRBased on the first half of Ivan Turgenev's novel.
Punin and Baburin
1919
No synopsis available yet.
А он, мятежный, ищет бури…
1918
5.3The story of Prince Stepán Kasátsky discovering his fiancée was the mistress of the Czar, so he then becomes a monk.
Father Sergius
1918
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Station Master
1918
NRNo synopsis available yet.
I'm Gonna Hitch Three Fast Dark Brown Horses
1916
NRNo synopsis available yet.
She Seeked Happiness So Madly, So Passionately
1916
No synopsis available yet.
Poslední radost
1922
5.3While hosting a game of cards one night, Narumov tells his friends a story about his grandmother, a Countess. As a young woman, she had once incurred an enormous gambling debt, which she was able to erase by learning a secret that guaranteed that she could win by playing her cards in a certain order. One of Narumov's friends, German, has never gambled, but he is intrigued by the story about the Countess and her secret. He soon becomes obsessed with learning this secret from her, and he starts by courting her young ward Lizaveta, hoping to use her to gain access to the Countess.
The Queen of Spades
1916
6.5November 1941. One by one, the men leave, leaving only old men, women and children in the village of Bykovka. Ivan Vybornov, the chairman of the collective farm, is also raring to go to the front, but, obeying party discipline, remains in the village and continues to skillfully and energetically lead the collective farm, mobilizing fellow villagers to send bread for the front and starving cities.
Native Fields
1945
Highly theatrical version of Tolstoy's play.
Die Macht der Finsternis
1924
6.7Pastor Talnoх furiously urges the flock to fight temptations, but he himself becomes a victim of temptation. In his house appears Satan, pushing the hero to theft and spiritual fall.
Satan Triumphant
1917
NROne of Boris Barnet's contributions to the "films for the armed forces" series, about the suffering of Poles under Nazi occupation.
A Priceless Head
1942
The film collection consists of three novellas: "Women of the Air Fleet", "Hate", "Feast in Zhirmunka".
Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #6
1941
6.8The marquis de Granier would like his son Charles to end his current relationship for a respectable marriage. His younger brother Octave tries to help but Yvonne Lelys tricks him and he nearly leaves his family for the dancer. He even follows her to Constantinople. He falls asleep while writing to his father and dreams that he is a movie actor who, driven by poverty, sneaks into his father's home to rob him. As his father catches him, he kills him. Thankfully, it was all a dream.
A Narrow Escape
1920
NRBased on the story by I.S.Turgenev. The movie has not been preserved in full, without notes.
The Inn
1918