The Landowner (1924)
Mid-19th century. An elderly landowner, bored with life, organizes balls, hunts, fistfights, and banquets. Among other things, he offers his serfs and serf women to his guests for sale or entertainment. One of them, Vanka Krasnov, dreams of marrying the noblewoman Aksyusha. To do so, he must defeat the village strongman Mitka in a fistfight. But even after a fair victory, the landowner himself tries to take possession of Aksyusha. Vanka must challenge the master himself. Considered lost.
Directors: Olga Preobrazhenskaya, Vladimir Gardin.
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Iona Talanov as Landowner Kashkaryov |
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Boris Chuevskiy as Mikola Kashkaryov |
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Ivan Kapralov as Vanka Krasnov |
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Nikolai Saltykov as Arkharov |
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Aleksandra Rebikova as Aksinya |
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Nina Zubova as Harem's Mistress |
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Liana Iskritskaya-Gardina as Syuzanna |
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Andrey Gromov as Valet |
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Leo Negri as Governor |
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Olga Bystritskaya as Serf Girl |
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Nikolai Panov as Landowner |
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Karl Tomskyi as |
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L. Brevi as Serf Girl |
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Fokht as Serf Girl |
| Directing | Olga Preobrazhenskaya | Director |
| Directing | Vladimir Gardin | Director |
| Camera | Yevgeni Slavinsky | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Nikolay Ogaryov | Book |
| Art | Vladimir Egorov | Production Design |
| Writing | Vladimir Gardin | Writer |