Pyotr CHARDYNIN
Пётр ЧАРДЫНИН
Piotr TCHARDYNINE
Russia, 1918, 3150m 
Black and white, silent, fiction
Molchi, grust, Molchi
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Молчи грусть... Молчи…

 

 Molchi, grust, Molchi

 Tais-toi ma tristesse tais-toi

Russian subtitle : Сказка любви дорогой
 
Directed by : Pyotr CHARDYNIN (Пётр ЧАРДЫНИН)
Writing credits : Pyotr CHARDYNIN (Пётр ЧАРДЫНИН)
 
Cast
Pyotr CHARDYNIN (Пётр ЧАРДЫНИН)
Konstantin KHOKHLOV (Константин ХОХЛОВ)
Vera KHOLODNAIA (Вера ХОЛОДНАЯ)
Ivan KHUDOLEYEV (Иван ХУДОЛЕЕВ)
Vladimir MAKSIMOV (Владимир МАКСИМОВ)
Mikhail MASIN (Михаил МАССИН)
Ianina MIRATO (Янина МИРАТО)
Vitold POLONSKY (Витольд ПОЛОНСКИЙ)
Olga RAKHMANOVA (Ольга РАХМАНОВА)
Osip RUNICH (Осип РУНИЧ)
 
Cinematography : Vladimir SIVERSEN (Владимир СИВЕРСЕН)
Production design : Aleksey UTKIN (Алексей УТКИН)
Companies : D. Kharitonov
 

Plot synopsis
Modest circus actors Paula and Lorio were getting ready for their artistic birthday. It was their benefit performance. It ended in tragedy: performing a trick Lorio fell and was seriously injured. His circus career was over, he was crippled for life.
 

commentaries
Les origines du cinéma soviétique : un regard neuf, Myriam TSIKOUNAS, Cerf, 1992
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- "Spirit of Fire" International Debut Film Festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2023
- Moscow International Festival of Archival Films (Formerly "Belye Stolby"), Moscow (Russia), 2022
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2007
- Images Russie 1908-1930 au musée d'Orsay, Paris (France), 2005

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