Directing
Pyotr Chardynin
Born February 8, 1873
Died August 14, 1934 · aged 61
No biography available.
Known For
Behind the Monastery Wall · 1928Behind the Monastery Wall
1928
MovieDrama
The old nunnery owns the best lands. Nuns rent out the land to local rich men, and exploiting peasants they have a wealthy life. The peasants live in misery. Especially, the family of the peasant named Levin. He is forced to give away his last horse, his son Andrii is imprisoned, his daughter Nastia becomes a maid of a rich landlord. Trying to prevent the master’s harassment, Nastia escapes and gets to the nunnery. She can see the other life of the nuns who manufacture false relics, drink alcohol and kill children. Nastia ends up in the basement for resisting one of the “spiritual pastors.” Meanwhile, her brother Andrii escapes from prison. He stirs up a rebellion and saves his sister. The film is lost.
Boyarin Orsha · 1910Boyarin Orsha
★ 7.01910
MovieHistoryDrama
Based on Lermontov's poem of the same name, Boyarin Orsha (Peter Chardynin) leaves the service of Ivan the Terrible.
The Queen of Spades · 1910The Queen of Spades
★ 4.81910
MovieHorrorDrama
Based on Pushkin's short story: When his friends play faro, Germann always enjoys watching, but he never gambles himself. One day, as he is watching their game, he learns that an elderly countess staying nearby is said to possess a secret for winning a fortune at the game. Germann is determined to learn this secret from her, and he initiates a romance with her grand-daughter Liza, in order to improve his chances.
Eugene Onegin · 1911Eugene Onegin
★ 10.01911
MovieDrama
Woman of Tomorrow · 1914Woman of Tomorrow
★ 5.41914
MovieDrama
A female doctor is so busy with her work that she has too little time for her fiancé. He falls in love with a waitress and the two have a child. Though considered by some to be a proto-feminist yarn, the film dwells on the consequences that equal rights for women may generate rather than openly champion suffrage. Similar in to Ibsen's The Doll House in many ways, the film provides mannered, solemn melodrama, ably acted by Mosjoukine and Yureneva.
Ukrasia · 1925Ukrasia
1925
MovieMysteryAction
The first Ukrainian adventure detective story. The action takes place in Odesa in 1920, occupied by Denikin's troops. The White Guard counterintelligence conducts a fruitless search for the Bolshevik agent "7+2". The search is led by officer Enger. Dizzying races, disasters, and murders further confuse the agent's trail. It is only with the arrival of the Bolsheviks that the case is solved.
Incompletely preserved
Petersburg Slums · 1915Petersburg Slums
1915
MovieDramaAdventure
Five-episode adaptation of the eponymous Russian novel, directed by Pyotr Chardynin et al.
Chrysanthemums · 1914Chrysanthemums
★ 6.31914
MovieDrama
A tragic story of a ballerina.
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