Piotr CHARDYNIN
Пётр ЧАРДЫНИН
Piotr TCHARDYNINE
Russia, 1915, 847m 
Black and white, silent, fiction
Drakonovski kontrakt
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Драконовский контракт

 

 Drakonovski kontrakt

 Un contrat draconien

 
Directed by : Piotr CHARDYNIN (Пётр ЧАРДЫНИН)
 
Cast
Georgi AZAGAROV (Георгий АЗАГАРОВ) ...Le provocateur
Tatyana BAKH (Татьяна БАХ) ...Michka, l'aide d'Antocha
Anton FERTNER (Антон ФЕРТНЕР) ...Antocha, le serveur
V. GLINSKAYA (В. ГЛИНСКАЯ) ...Dame du restaurant
Vera KARALLI (Вера КАРАЛЛИ) ...La fille du patron
Aleksandr KHERUVIMOV (Александр ХЕРУВИМОВ) ...Le patron du restaurant
 
Produced by : Aleksandr KHANZHONKOV (Александр ХАНЖОНКОВ)
Companies : A. Khanjonkov & Cie ( «А. Ханжонков и К°»)
Release Date in Russia : 05/12/1915
 

Plot synopsis
The waiter Antosha is in love with the restaurant owner's daughter, Nina. The day the restaurant owner is about to fire him because of his bad service, he learns that Antosha will inherit a very large sum of money, 100 thousand rubles. So he decides to scam Antosha and make her sign a contract, according to which, if Antosha leaves the service, he will have to pay 30 thousand rubles to the owner. Drunk, Antosha signs the contract.
The beautiful life of a rich man begins for Antosha. But he refuses to leave his job as a waiter so as not to pay the compensation to the owner of the restaurant. The latter tries to create difficulties for Antosha to make him break the contract, but the waiter is saved by Nina, who no longer hides her love for him.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Images Russie 1908-1930 au musée d'Orsay, Paris (kinoglaz.fr), 2005