Vera Karalli
Also Known As: Vera Caroly
Biography: Vera Karalli was a Russian ballerina turned star silent film actress. A mistress of Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, she reportedly was a co-conspirator in the plot to murder Grigori Rasputin in December 1916. She died in Austria in 1972.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Birthday: July 27, 1889
Deathday: November 16, 1972
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The Dying Swan
Overview: After being betrayed by her playboy lover, a heartbroken mute young woman joins a ballet company; during a performance of “The Dying Swan,” she enraptures a painter obsessed with portraying death genuinely.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1917-01-17
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Chrysanthemums
Overview: A tragic story of a ballerina.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1914-11-03
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The Happiness of Eternal Night
Overview: A blind woman is cured by a doctor, but when her sight is restored she accidently mistakes her kind lover for his wayward younger brother and no one deems to correct her ‘fearing for her psyche’.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1915-11-17
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The Draconian Contract
Overview: The waiter Antosha is in love with the restaurant owner's daughter. This distracts Antosha from his work and the owner is going to fire him. The notary appears and informs the owner that Antosha is receiving a large inheritance. He sets up a three-year contract with Antosha which, In the event of its early termination, the owner receives a large amount. Drunk, Antosha signs the contract, and the next day he becomes rich. Antosha wants to quit right away, but after seeing the contract, he remains to work. At night, he leads the luxurious life of a rich man. The owner of the restaurant is trying this way and that to fire Antosha. But he manages not only to avoid being fired, but also to marry his daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-12-05
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Cinema in Russia
Overview: Documentary film about early years of Russian cinema: its first directors, cameramen, producers and actors. Includes rare fragments of pre-revolutionary feature films, newsreels and Starewicz's animation.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1979-08-27
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Shadows of Sin
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Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1915-05-16
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After Death
Overview: Young scholar Andrei, fascinated by haunting actress Zoia Kadmina, is surprised when she sends him a note. The two have a brief scheduled meeting, then three months later Andrei is shocked to learn she has died. He becomes obsessed with Zoia's memory and decides he must find out all that he can about her.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1915-12-29
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A Woman's Revenge
Overview: In order to punish her cold, brutal aristocratic husband for murdering her lover, a woman becomes a common prostitute to shame him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1921-04-14
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The King of Paris
Overview: The lives of two young men-- A virtuous artist who's renounced a background of riches and a debonair swindler proclaimed by many the King of Paris-- intersect when the artist's mother becomes the target of the kingly charlatan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1917-12-06
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The Alarm
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1917-05-05
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The Night of September 11
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1922-09-01
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Tomboy
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1914-10-18
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Do You Remember?..
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1914-12-25
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Dream And Life
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1918-04-16
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The Retribution
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1916-10-25
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Love of a State Councillor
Overview: Silent film from 1915 which draws on the story of Carmen
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1915-11-10
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Cinema — for the Soldier
Overview: Filming of the collection of donations during the cinematic film week "To a Soldier in the trenches" in Moscow at the A. Khanzhonkov Theater on November 30, 1915.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1915-12-01
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