Antonina Shalomytova

Pavlova's superb partner Mikhail Mordkin directs and stars in Aziacie, (1918) adapted from his own ballet, originally produced at the Metropolitan, New York

Adapted from four different Russian folk-tales, this early Soviet fantasy film tells the story of Emelya the Fool, who, fishing one day, catches a talking pike who pleads for his life and in return grants Emelya wishes for a life spared.