Evgeniy BAUER
Евгений БАУЭР
Evgueni BAUER
Russia, 1915, 50mn 
Black and white, silent, fiction
Schastye vechnoy nochi
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Счастье вечной ночи

 

 The Happiness of Eternal Night

 Le Bonheur de la nuit éternelle

 
Directed by : Evgeniy BAUER (Евгений БАУЭР)
Writing credits : I. STATKEVICH (И. СТАТКЕВИЧ)
 
Cast
Oleg FRELIKH (Олег ФРЕЛИХ) ...Georgi
Tamara GEDEVANOVA (Тамара ГЕДЕВАНОВА)
Vera KARALLI (Вера КАРАЛЛИ) ...Lili Pleskova
Pavel KNORR (Павел КНОРР)
Vitold POLONSKY (Витольд ПОЛОНСКИЙ) ...Vadim
Olga RAKHMANOVA (Ольга РАХМАНОВА) ...Lili's mother
 
Cinematography : Boris ZAVELYOV (Борис ЗАВЕЛЕВ)
Production design : Evgeniy BAUER (Евгений БАУЭР)
Produced by : Aleksandr KHANZHONKOV (Александр ХАНЖОНКОВ)
Companies : A. Khanzhonkov & Cie
Release Date in Russia : 17/11/1915
 

Plot synopsis
Lili Pleskova has been blind since childhood. She and Vadim love each other and Vadim hopes to make her see again. And it will indeed be the result of a long-prepared operation. However, when she regains her sight, she confuses Vadim with his brother Georgy. For fear of disturbing her, she is not disabused and the marriage with Georgy is announced. But Lili learns that Georgy is cheating on her, she is shocked and loses her sight again. Warned, Vadim returns to her to help her. She finds true happiness without knowing the confusion she had made.