Pyotr Chardynin

Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent

Paula is a circus performer married to the alcoholic clown-acrobat Lorio. Lorio's heavy drinking lea…

Metropolitan Poison

Mirages

Marianna advertises for work as a reader and is employed by the reclusive millionaire Dymov. Appreci…

Love of a State Councillor

Silent film from 1915 which draws on the story of Carmen…

Petersburg Slums

Five-episode adaptation of the eponymous Russian novel, directed by Pyotr Chardynin et al.…

Shadows of Sin

The Draconian Contract

The waiter Antosha is in love with the restaurant owner's daughter. This distracts Antosha from his …

Chrysanthemums

A tragic story of a ballerina.…

Do You Remember?..