Vasili GONCHAROV
Василий ГОНЧАРОВ
Vassili GONTCHAROV
Russia, 1909, 16mn 
Black and white, silent, fiction
Mazepa
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Мазепа

 

 Mazepa

 Mazepa

 
Directed by : Vasili GONCHAROV (Василий ГОНЧАРОВ)
Based on Pushkin's poem Poltava and opera Mazepa
 
Cast
Andrey GROMOV (Андрей ГРОМОВ)
Antonina POZHARSKAIA (Антонина ПОЖАРСКАЯ)
Raisa REYSEN (Раиса РЕЙЗЕН)
Vasily_2 STEPANOV (Василий_2 СТЕПАНОВ)
 
Produced by : Aleksandr KHANZHONKOV (Александр ХАНЖОНКОВ)
Production : A. Khanjonkov & C°
 
Site : www.europafilmtreasures.fr/FT/299/a-propos-du-film-mazepa

Plot synopsis
Mazepa, the Ukrainian governor is in love with his goddaughter Maria. He quickly wins her heart. But her old father treats the wooer harshly… Maria runs away. The furious father won’t submit. This intrigue makes the most of the ingredients of historical drama. Maria is confronted to the arbitrary; the young woman is in a dilemma between her love and her family. The tragic outcome is equal to her destiny.
 

Commentaries and bibliography
L’adaptation des classiques littéraires nationaux, dans le cinéma russe prérévolutionnaire : un réflexe culturel ?, Jasmine JACQ, Université de Franche-Comté, 2014
 

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