Acting

Arseniy Bibikov

Writer and actor.

Known For

Children of the Age · 1915

Children of the Age

★ 4.81915

MovieDramaRomance

The picture tells the story of Maria, a devoted wife of a bank employee. The couple has a cozy life; they have a baby but he is cared for by their maid so Maria can spend her time doing terrific things like going shopping. During one of these consumer afternoons, Maria meets by chance an old friend, Lidia, who will introduce her to exclusive idle class social circles. Soon Maria's beauty attracts the interest of Lebedev, a rich old libertine. From that point on Maria suffers continual sexual harassment which she resists for a time. In the end, however, she falls into his bourgeois claws.

Song of Triumphant Love · 1915

Song of Triumphant Love

A historic milestone in Russian cinema, recognized as the very first film adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's famous 1869 novel.

It Shines But It Doesn't Warm · 1911

It Shines But It Doesn't Warm

1911

Movie

Sashka the Rider · 1917

Sashka the Rider

1917

MovieDrama

The last surviving fiction film from Wladyslaw Starewicz's wartime associtation with the Skobelev Committee

Drama on the Hunt · 1918

Drama on the Hunt

1918

MovieDrama

Filmography

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Gremin

Children of the Age · 1915

Children of the Age

★ 4.81915

MovieDramaRomance

Lebedev, the businessman

Song of Triumphant Love · 1915

Song of Triumphant Love

Priest

A historic milestone in Russian cinema, recognized as the very first film adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's famous 1869 novel.

General Yepanchin

It Shines But It Doesn't Warm · 1911

It Shines But It Doesn't Warm

1911

Movie

Vasilkov, Olya's father, Renyova's property manager

Sashka the Rider · 1917

Sashka the Rider

1917

MovieDrama

The last surviving fiction film from Wladyslaw Starewicz's wartime associtation with the Skobelev Committee

Zheltukhin

Drama on the Hunt · 1918

Drama on the Hunt

1918

MovieDrama

Count Karenin

A Knight of the Spirit · 1918

A Knight of the Spirit

★ 5.81918

MovieDrama

A romance in the upper-classes develops as the Bolshevik revolution is at hand.

Defence of Sevastopol · 1911

Defence of Sevastopol

★ 5.11911

MovieWar

First film ever that was shot by two cameras. Set in 1854-1855, in Sevastopol and Yalta during the Crimean War. Admirals Kornilov (Mozzhukhin) and Nakhimov (Gromov) organize the defense during the siege of Sevastopol. Both admirals are killed during the battle, and the city of Sevastopol is taken by the alliance of British, French, Sardinian, and Turkish troops. The legendary feat of Sailor Koshka (Semenov) was staged at original location. The 100 minute-long film was premiered in 1911 at the Livadia, Yalta, palace for the Tsar Nicholas II.

Totleben

Muromskiy, Lisa's father

A Jewish parvenu climbs the social ladder by seducing wealthy women.

Bertha's father

A Corpse Living · 1918

A Corpse Living

★ 9.51918

MovieDramaRomance

"The Living Corpse" - Fedor Protasov is tormented by the thought that his wife Liza never really made a clear choice between him and Victor Karenin, a more conventional rival for her hand. He wants to kill himself, but doesn't have the nerve. Running away from his life, he falls in with Gypsies, and into a sexual relationship with a Gypsy singer Mascha. Meanwhile, his wife Liza, presuming him dead, marries the other man, Victor.

Sergey Dmitrievich Abrezkov

Short film based on a poem by Julius Slovacki.

King Yan Kazimir

Marianna advertises for work as a reader and is employed by the reclusive millionaire Dymov. Appreciative of her sensitive, artistic nature, and of her youthful innocence and purity, Dymov is protective of Marianna and shields her from the attentions of his philandering playboy son. Marianna confesses to her fiancé Sergei that, at times, she feels deeply conflicted, drawn by the seductive lure of wealth and luxury. When her protector Dymov dies, his son begins to pursue her. Can Marianna resist her attraction to the opulent lifestyle that Dymov's son offers?

Dymov, The Millionaire

The last of Starewicz's surviving Russian shorts

Altotasa the alchemist

The Tale of the Sleeping Princess and the Seven Knights · 1914

The Tale of the Sleeping Princess and the Seven Knights

The bogatyr's leader

Lusha is suffering from her drunken husband. One day her father-in-law rapes her. Of course, she doesn’t dare admit it to her husband. So, unable to move this incident, Lusha commits suicide...

Ivan's father

The Peasants' Lot · 1912

The Peasants' Lot

★ 5.01912

MovieDrama

Two peasants in feudal Russia wish to marry but tragedy strikes. A grim if familiar depiction of the precarious condition of the rural life.

Writer

Child of the Big City · 1914

Child of the Big City

★ 5.51914

MovieDrama

Seamstress Mary dreams of a better life outside a sweatshop. Her dreams come true when she draws the attention of the bourgeois Victor. She soon tires of him, and thanks to her, his money is almost gone. When he suggests settling down outside the big city, where his money could be enough for a modest living, she leaves him and picks up a new lover. A year later, he is living in a shabby, cold hovel, still pining away for her.

Kramskoi, his friend

Izrail Gart

In A Lively Place · 1911

In A Lively Place

1911

MovieDrama

Based on the 1865 play of the same name by Alexander Ostrovsky.

Vukul Bessudniy

Dream And Life · 1918

Dream And Life

1918

MovieDrama

Doctor

Boulevard Slush · 1918

Boulevard Slush

1918

Movie

Astronomer Astrov, Andrey's father