The Precipice

The Precipice (1913)

Based on the novel of the same name by Ivan Goncharov. Raisky falls in love with his second cousin Vera, but she coldly rejects his advances. He soon learns that Vera is having an affair with exiled official Mark Volokhov, with whom She is secretly dating. One day, Vera, in a fit of passion, gives herself to Volokhov, which she immediately regrets doing. Raisky and Tatyana Markovna suffer along with her having learned about Vera’s situation. Volokhov invites Vera to marry him but she refuses his proposal. After all these passions, calm comes and in the final frames of the picture, Raisky draws a portrait of Vera, and then sits down to write a long-planned novel.

Director: Pyotr Chardynin

Casts

	Yuliya Vasileva as Tatyana Markovna
	Ivan Mosjoukine as Rayskiy
	Vera Yureneva as Vera
	Sofya Goslavskaya as Marfinka
	Viktor Tourjansky as Mark Volokhov
	Aleksandr Kheruvimov as
	Praskovya Maksimova as
	Aleksandr Vertinsky as Cadet

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