Pyotr Chardynin Movies

A tragic story of a ballerina.

Silent film from 1915 which draws on the story of Carmen

A historic milestone in Russian cinema, recognized as the very first film adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's famous 1869 novel.

Lost film based on Leo Tolstoy's story from War and Peace novel.

Selection of scenes from Nikolay Gogol's comedy of the same name. Lost movie.

Film adaptation of excerpts from Nikolai Gogol's novel of the same name. Only two episodes are recreated faithfully: Chichikov's visit to Sobakevich...

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

Two peasants in feudal Russia wish to marry but tragedy strikes. A grim if familiar depiction of the precarious condition of the rural life.

A significant part of the 1912 production "A Life for the Tsar" was used in this film.

The first Ukrainian adventure detective story. The action takes place in Odesa in 1920, occupied by Denikin's troops. The White Guard...

Based on the novel "Three Thieves" by Italian writer Umberto Notari. The banker's wife Ornano gives the key to her house to her lover Count Guido....

A dramatization of a wedding in 16th-century Russia, between members of two prominent boyar families (based on paintings by Konstantin Makovskii):...

Marianna advertises for work as a reader and is employed by the reclusive millionaire Dymov. Appreciative of her sensitive, artistic nature, and of...

Based on Lermontov's poem of the same name, Boyarin Orsha (Peter Chardynin) leaves the service of Ivan the Terrible.

To justify the fantastic adventures of the blacksmith Vakula, the authors of the film “simplify” Gogol’s plot: Vakula, having drunk...

The landowner Palitsyn (Chardynin) long and successfully sues the neighbor. The lawsuit led to the ruin. He died, leaving orphans children —...