Vera Orlova

Acting

Vera Orlova

Born 1894-05-27

Acting credits

Sin poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sin

1916

Prostitute poster
4.3

A 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

Admiral Ushakov poster
6.1

Historical 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

The Hawk's Nest poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Hawk's Nest

1916

Me And My Conscience poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Me And My Conscience

1915

No artwork available
6.0

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

In a Lively Place poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

In a Lively Place

1916

Sashka The Seminarian poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sashka The Seminarian

1915

Aelita: Queen of Mars poster
6.0

A 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

Punin and Baburin poster
NR

Based on the first half of Ivan Turgenev's novel.

Punin and Baburin

1919

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

А он, мятежный, ищет бури…

1918

Father Sergius poster
5.3

The story of Prince Stepán Kasátsky discovering his fiancée was the mistress of the Czar, so he then becomes a monk.

Father Sergius

1918

The Station Master poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Station Master

1918

I'm Gonna Hitch Three Fast Dark Brown Horses poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

I'm Gonna Hitch Three Fast Dark Brown Horses

1916

She Seeked Happiness So Madly, So Passionately poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

She Seeked Happiness So Madly, So Passionately

1916

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Poslední radost

1922

The Queen of Spades poster
5.3

While 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

Native Fields poster
6.5

November 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

No artwork available
9.0

Highly theatrical version of Tolstoy's play.

Die Macht der Finsternis

1924

Satan Triumphant poster
6.7

Pastor 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

A Priceless Head poster
NR

One 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

No artwork available
6.5

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

A Narrow Escape poster
6.8

The 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

The Inn poster
NR

Based on the story by I.S.Turgenev. The movie has not been preserved in full, without notes.

The Inn

1918