Miss Peasant

Miss Peasant

1917 · 70 min · Romance

Silent feature film by Olga Preobrazhenskaya and Vladimir Gardin based on Pushkin’s story of the same name. Considered lost. Directorial debut of Olga Preobrazhenskaya.

Directed by Olga Preobrazhenskaya · Written by Alexander Pushkin

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