Shut up sadness ... shut up [Molchi, grust'... molchi], 1918

Shut up sadness ... shut up | Molchi, grust'... molchi

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Petr Chardynin Vyacheslav Viskovskij Cheslav Sabinskij
Screenwriter		Petr Chardynin
Operator		Vladimir Siversen
Artist		Aleksej Utkin
Genre		Short film Drama [play]
Premiere date (Russia)		May 14, 1918
Duration		44 min.
Actors		Petr Chardynin Konstantin Hohlov Vera Holodnaya Ivan Hudoleev Vladimir Maksimov M. Masin Yanina Mirato Vitol'd Polonskij Ol'ga Rahmanova Osip Runich
Rating		7.61 / 10 [votes: 138]
IMDB Rating		5.60 / 10 [votes: 35]

Artist Paul, who left the circus disability husband acrobat leaves the family to the rich man who offered to throw himself at her feet and the heart of real estate. Remarkable study of defects pre-revolutionary society, which shows the "masters" - the large property owners, manipulating not only capital, but also human destinies.

Fragment from the film

Review

Go away, sadness, leave. Or at least shut up - no more strength to listen to you. Moan about what I want to forget, to bury as deep as you allow your conscience and aided its sworn friend of pride with his child vanity. I'm so tired, and the end all be seen, and sometimes I think that it does not exist, as if someone has lost a second series of the drama, where I would have found rest.

An actress circus, a wife, a happy woman - I had so many roles, and in one of them I will not break the flurry of applause admiring the room, though deceptively pretty supportive audience nodded their heads. The only decent suit, his eyes heavily made dark paint - I was in poverty as happy as they are, these rich people sitting on the top row, until it's you, sticky vanity. Actress Circus (acting - demonic calling!), I was satisfied with the number of her husband, a wife, I was happy as a notorious shanty humble abode, barely accommodates two of the lucky ones - but no, zmeyuka, their venom you an accomplished criminal compassionate healing the blind, squalor and poverty sported his ugliness, previously I do not care, they were standing in front of me when I squeezed his eyes shut, trying to get rid of the terrible visions. Woman's nature is weak, and knowing about their vices, it does not require to meet them, until they get a banner in front of the eyes.

Pride, and when you leave the warped soul, you have nothing else out there to profit. I think she herself worthy of a beautiful life - but who is to say it is not so! "Love, money, coats, good manners" - let the people in the red call it "the pleasures of bourgeois life," but what a girl, a girl, a woman does not want to "wallow" in such "lowlands"? It is not a crime - a crime in search of salvation from moralistic conscience, drowning her endless partying, do not finish pouring champagne. Cruelly accused of wanting to live richly, in rude rude to hang for it the label of "bourgeois" and cause choking pineapple, but hypocritical oblivion can not count on a reception. No one can hear my sobs (no sound), will not see a black eye from sleepless nights (no color) - as justified? Belief in selflessness toward luxury has taken a bullet himself in the forehead, and her ghost wearing beaded dress indifference, lost in a love triangle playboy. Hard and breaking sad - who would give shouted, but the sound is still there.

 I was told that I had icy eyes and incredibly sad hands - not surprising, for I and the Cold. Black-and-white sets off the transparency of frozen water and emphasizes all the bruising that leaves ethereal sadness. Frail woman alone against the forced moral accomplices in the gray torture chamber. I can not take any more, I want peace, where there is incessant guilty votes. Get out of the same sadness go away.

Not for the money being born [Ne dlya deneg rodivshis'], 1918

Not for the money being born | Ne dlya deneg rodivshis'

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Nikandr Turkin
Screenwriter		Devid Burluk Vladimir Mayakovskij Dzhek London
Operator		Evgenij Slavinskij
Artist		Devid Burluk
Actors		Devid Burluk Margarita Kibal'chich Vladimir Mayakovskij Yanina Mirato Vasilij Kamenskij
Rating		9.33 / 10 [votes: 3]

Deceived Eve [Obmanutaya Eva], 1918

Deceived Eve | Obmanutaya Eva

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Viktor Turzhanskij
Actors
Rating		0.00

Pater Sergius [Otec Sergij], 1918

Pater Sergius | Otec Sergij

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Yakov Protazanov
Screenwriter		Aleksandr Volkov Lev Tolstoj
Producer		Dzhozef N. Ermol'eff
Operator		Fedot Burgasov Nikolaj Rudakov
Composer		Evgenij Bukke
Artist		Vladimir Balluzek Alexandre Lochakoff V. Vorob'ev
Genre		Drama [play] Biography History
Premiere date (world)		October 18, 1920
Duration		70 min. / 01:10
Actors		Ivan Mozzhuhin Ol'ga Kondorova V. Dzheneeva Vladimir Gajdarov Nikolaj Panov Natal'ya Lisenko Iona Talanov Vera Orlova Petr Baksheev Polikarp Pavlov
Rating		7.95 / 10 [votes: 246]
IMDB Rating		6.90 / 10 [votes: 163]

Prince Kasatsky was rich and ambitious. He dreamed of a military career and the love of beautiful women. Fate smiled at him. But the day before the wedding, he learned that his bride - the mistress of the Emperor. In desperation, the prince renounced the world and retired to a monastery ...

Did you know that ...

» For the first time its intention to film the story of Tolstoy Protazanov said while working on the production of "Queen of Spades", and in 1916, "Father Sergius" was even announced in the advertising company J. Yermolyeva. But at the time production of "Father Sergius" would be at least difficult, since acted censored image in the feature films of the royal family and members of the clergy.
» The film was shot in late 1917 - early 1918.
» During the filming of James Protazanov ill for some time and it is replaced with the set written by Alexander Volkov.
» Composer Eugene Bukke was written original music, which was accompanied by a demonstration of the movie.
» The surviving version of the film has a duration of 79 minutes.
» On the 150th anniversary of Leo Tolstoy in 1978 was made a new film adaptation - the movie "Father Sergius" put director Igor Talankin, and starred Sergei Bondarchuk.

Review

This Russian film is in many ways unique. He was removed after the revolution, in the private cinema partnership Joseph Yermolyeva but widely demonstrated in the Soviet box office, and in 1928, the centenary of Leo Tolstoy, reissued and not much later taken out of the cinematic treatment, even then was shown on television. At the same time was taken out in 1920 by Yakov Protazanov abroad and members of his crew, went to France, became known and well received in Europe.

Being a creative result of all of the pre-revolutionary Russian cinema, this tape can undoubtedly be included in the context of world cinema as a rare example of an early breakthrough to the depth of understanding of human psychology on the screen. If we evaluate the product Protazanov (which, of course, would not take place without accurate and surprisingly stingy foreign manner of playing Ivan Mozzhukhina) from the point of view of anticipation in film aesthetics, "interior monologue" and the attempt to transfer the on-screen line of thought and experiences of the hero, the closest analogues would appear, movies Scandinavian School (Victor Sjöström, Maurice Stiller) and a number of German films (such as "The Last Man" Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau).

High artistic value "Father Sergius" is further enhanced when compared with the previous Russian cinema experience and the subsequent phase of the Soviet cinema 20s, when even recognized masterpieces undoubtedly inferior film Yakov Protazanov just in the complexity and volume of the hero, a realistic completeness and credibility of his behavior on the screen. Perhaps only some of the bands of the decade, has emerged at the turn of the New Economic Policy (such as: "A man from the restaurant" and the "White Eagle" of the same Protazanov "The Living Corpse" by Fyodor cordoned off again on Tolstoy), can be compared with "Pater Sergius"on the ambiguity of human images and psychological nuances of behavior.

Moreover, in contrast to the next, to some extent, in the wake of his "Polikushka" (again adaptation of the novel "Father Leo", was filmed in 1919, but released on the Soviet screen only in 1922), the work of James Protazanov not stay in one only play a leading performer. And Ivan Mozzhukhin as an experienced actor, will still be stronger than his debut on screen in the role Polikushka outstanding theatrical master Ivan Moskvin. "Pater Sergius" is a solid, verified in style, memorable cinematic works in which talent Mozzhukhina - as one of the polished faces of this "true film diamonds".

Parasites of life [Parazity zhizni], 1918

Parasites of life | Parazity zhizni

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Yakov Protazanov
Actors
Rating		7.50 / 10 [votes: 2]

The unfinished love song [Pesn' lubvi nedopetaya], 1918

The unfinished love song | Pesn' lubvi nedopetaya

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Vitol'd Polonskij Lev Kuleshov
Genre		Melodramas [romance, love story]
Actors		Taisiya Borman A. Chernova Nikolaj Gorich Lev Kuleshov Vitol'd Polonskij
Rating		0.00

Last Tango [Poslednee tango], 1918

Last Tango | Poslednee tango

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Vyacheslav Viskovskij
Screenwriter		Ajza Kremer
Operator		Vladimir Siversen
Artist		Aleksej Utkin
Genre		Drama [play]
Premiere date (Russia)		May 31, 1918
Duration		10 min.
Actors		A. Aleksandrov Vera Holodnaya Ivan Hudoleev Osip Runich
Rating		7.43 / 10 [votes: 28]
IMDB Rating		2.80 / 10 [votes: 5]

The film "Last Tango" is based on the words of the song which sung singer Iza Kremer, speaking at that time in Odessa.

Arsene Lupin's last adventure [Poslednie priklucheniya Arsena Lupena], 1918

Arsene Lupin's last adventure | Poslednie priklucheniya Arsena Lupena

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Mihail Doronin
Screenwriter		Nikandr Turkin Moris Leblan
Operator		Stanislav Sebel'
Genre		Crime
Actors		A. Aleksandrova Oleg Frelih Dzh. Kruchinin I. Lyavin A. Saks Ol'ga Chehova V. Vasil'ev
Rating		0.00

The Inn [Postoyalyj dvor], 1918

The Inn | Postoyalyj dvor

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Cheslav Sabinskij
Premiere date (Russia)		January 1, 1918
Actors		Petr Baksheev Ol'ga Kondorova Vera Orlova Nikolaj Panov Olga Trofimova
Rating		10.00 / 10 [votes: 1]

Poet and fallen soul [Poet i padshaya dusha], 1918

Poet and fallen soul | Poet i padshaya dusha

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Boris Chajkovskij
Screenwriter		Boris Martov
Producer		Aleksandr Hanzhonkov
Operator		Fedor Bremer Boris Medzionis
Artist		Cezar' Lakka
Genre		Drama [play] Melodramas [romance, love story]
Actors		Vagram Papazyan Zoya Barancevich Aleksandr Heruvimov Praskov'ya Maksimova
Rating		0.00

Project of engineer Prayt [Proekt inzhenera Prajta], 1918

Project of engineer Prayt | Proekt inzhenera Prajta

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Lev Kuleshov
Screenwriter		Boris Kuleshov
Producer		Aleksandr Hanzhonkov
Operator		Mark Naletnyj
Artist		Lev Kuleshov
Editor		Lev Kuleshov Vera Popova-Hanshokova
Genre		Short film Drama [play]
Premiere date (world)		July 11, 2008
Duration		30 min.
Actors		N. Gardij Elena Komarova Boris Kuleshov Eduard Kulganek Leonid Polevoj Eduard Kul'ganek
Rating		6.19 / 10 [votes: 42]
IMDB Rating		5.80 / 10 [votes: 33]

Experimental film works. Adventure drama with fights, chases by car and motorcycle accidents, and many other tricks episodes, as well as with a number of conventional assumptions. Criminal plot is built around the peat and the struggle between two competing power plants.

Footage from the movie

   

Paradise without Adam [Raj bez Adama], 1918

Paradise without Adam | Raj bez Adama

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Viktor Turzhanskij
Operator		Nikolaj Kozlovskij
Genre		Drama [play]
Actors		A. Roben Dmitrij Zeland Ivan Gorskij N. Vasil'kovskij
Rating		0.00

Devil's heart [Serdce d'yavola], 1918

Devil heart | Serdce d'yavola

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Viktor Turzhanskij
Genre		Drama [play]
Actors
Rating		10.00 / 10 [votes: 1]

The Signal [Signal], 1918

The Signal | Signal

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Aleksandr Arkatov
Screenwriter		Vsevolod Garshin
Operator		Eduard Tisse
Actors
Rating		8.00 / 10 [votes: 1]

Symphony of grief [Simfoniya gorya], 1918

Symphony of grief | Simfoniya gorya

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Evgenij Slavinskij
Screenwriter		Ol'ga Blazhevich
Operator		Evgenij Slavinskij
Genre		Drama [play]
Actors		Aleksandra Rebikova Margarita Kibal'chich Grigorij Hmara
Rating		9.00 / 10 [votes: 1]

Tale of the Priest Pankratov [Skazka o pope Pankrate], 1918

Tale of the Priest Pankratov | Skazka o pope Pankrate

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Aleksandr Arkatov Nikolaj Prebrazhenskij
Screenwriter		Aleksandr Arkatov Nikolaj Prebrazhenskij
Operator		Aleksandr Levickij
Premiere date (Russia)		November 7, 1918
Actors		Nikolaj Prebrazhenskij L. Sychova
Rating		8.50 / 10 [votes: 2]

Tabloid slush [Slyakot' bul'varnaya], 1918

Tabloid slush | Slyakot' bul'varnaya

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Boris Chajkovskij
Screenwriter		Lev Ostroumov
Producer		Aleksandr Hanzhonkov
Operator		Fedor Bremer
Artist		Lev Kuleshov
Actors		M. Smelkov Anna Zemcova Vladimir Kriger Arsenij Bibikov
Rating		3.50 / 10 [votes: 2]

The play - a melodrama on the motives songs A.N. Vertinsky.

Stationmaster [Stancionnyj smotritel'], 1918

Stationmaster | Stancionnyj smotritel'

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Aleksandr Ivanovskij
Premiere date (Russia)		January 1, 1918
Actors		Dmitrij Buhoveckij Vera Orlova Polikarp Pavlov
Rating		5.67 / 10 [votes: 6]

Surrogates of love [Surogaty lubvi], 1918

Surrogates of love | Surogaty lubvi

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Viktor Turzhanskij
Screenwriter		Viktor Turzhanskij
Actors		Pola Negri Viktor Turzhanskij
Rating		2.33 / 10 [votes: 3]

Three thieves [Tri vora], 1918

Three thieves | Tri vora

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Boris Svetlov
Screenwriter		Aleksandr Levickij
Artist		Vladimir Rakovskij
Genre		Comedy
Actors		Boris Borisov P. Kozmovskaya Amo Bek-Nazarov Nikolaj Aleksandrov Aleksandr Zarubin Nikolaj Orlov Sergej Gudkov Sof'ya Volhovskaya-Bek-Nazarova
Rating		0.00

Boorish [Hamka], 1918

Boorish | Hamka

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Aleksandr Ivanovskij
Genre		Drama [play]
Premiere date (Russia)		January 1, 1918
Actors		I. Arkanov Dmitrij Buhoveckij Larissa Gatova Mariya Kuznecova-Benua Nikolaj Panov Elizaveta Pofir'eva Nikolaj Rimskij
Rating		9.00 / 10 [votes: 3]

Bread [Hleb], 1918

Bread | Hleb

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Richard Boleslavskij Boris Sushkevich
Operator		Nikolaj Rudakov
Actors		Ol'ga Baklanova Richard Boleslavskij Leonid Leonidov Evgenij Vahtangov
Rating		8.67 / 10 [votes: 6]

Upon my word [Chestnoe slovo], 1918

Upon my word | Chestnoe slovo

Year		1918
Country		Russia
Director		Ivan Perestiani
Screenwriter		Ivan Perestiani
Producer		Aleksandr Hanzhonkov
Operator		Aleksandr Ryllo
Artist		O. Amosova
Genre		Drama [play]
Duration		50 min.
Actors		Aleksandr Ashanin Irina Shalyapina Lidiya Shalyapina Ivan Perestiani
Rating		9.33 / 10 [votes: 3]

The tragic story of a man in a fit of generosity, and because of his youth vowed to keep silent about the vile act of a comrade.