Yevgeni BAUER
Евгений БАУЭР
Evgueni BAUER
Russian Empire, 1916, 66mn 
fiction
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Жизнь за жизнь

 

 A life for a life

 Une vie pour une vie

 
Directed by : Yevgeni BAUER (Евгений БАУЭР)
Writing credits : Yevgeni BAUER (Евгений БАУЭР)
 
Cast
Vera KHOLODNAIA (Вера ХОЛОДНАЯ)
Lidia KORENEVA (Лидия КОРЕНЕВА)
Ivan PERESTIANI (Иван ПЕРЕСТИАНИ)
Vitold POLONSKY (Витольд ПОЛОНСКИЙ)
Olga RAKHMANOVA (Ольга РАХМАНОВА)
 
Cinematography : Boris ZAVELYOV (Борис ЗАВЕЛЕВ)
Produced by : Aleksandr KHANZHONKOV (Александр ХАНЖОНКОВ)
Companies : А. ХАНЖОНКОВ & CO / A. KHANJONKOV & CO
 

Plot synopsis
Wealthy Mrs. Khromova has a natural daughter, Musya, and an adopted daughter, Nata. The merchant Zhurov is in love with Nata, and hopes to marry her, but she is non-committal. When Zhurov introduces his friend Prince Bartinsky to the family, both young women soon fall in love with the dashing but irresponsible prince. The prince is in love with Nata, but because of his enormous debts, he decides to marry Musya to get her dowry, and he allows Nata to marry Zhurov. All the while, Mrs. Khromova remains very uneasy, fearing that marriage is unlikely to cause the self-indulgent prince to change his ways.
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