Pyotr CHARDYNIN
Пётр ЧАРДЫНИН
Piotr TCHARDYNINE
Russia, 1913, 610m 
Black and white, silent, fiction
The Little House at Colomna
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Домик в Коломне

 

 La Petite maison de Kolomna

 Domik v Kolomne

 
Directed by : Pyotr CHARDYNIN (Пётр ЧАРДЫНИН)
Based on the verse story by Pushkin
 
Cast
Sofia GOSLAVSKAIA (Софья ГОСЛАВСКАЯ) ...La fille Paracha
Praskovia MAKSIMOVA (Прасковья МАКСИМОВА) ...La veuve
Ivan MOZZHUKIN (Иван МОЗЖУХИН) ...Officier de la Garde et Mavroucha
 
Cinematography : Ladislas STAREWICH (Ладислас СТАРЕВИЧ)
Production design : Boris MIKHIN (Борис МИХИН)
Produced by : Aleksandr KHANZHONKOV (Александр ХАНЖОНКОВ)
Production : A. Khanjonkov et Cie
Release date in Russia : 19/10/1913
 

Plot synopsis
Pretty young Parasha is living with her widowed mother. Parasha diligently takes care of many household tasks, but she also enjoys flirting with the guards officers who pass by her window, and she has one particular favorite. One day, Parasha's mother asks her to hire a cook, and to do so as cheaply as possible. Parasha and her beau soon see a way to use this situation to their own advantage.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2008
- Europalia Russia 2005, Brussels (Belgium), 2005
- Images Russie 1908-1930 au musée d'Orsay, Paris (France), 2005
- Berlin International Film Festival : Berlinale, Berlin (Germany), 1995