Rare Cinematic Gems Sharing the Atmosphere of Pour une nuit d'amour...

Dir: Yakov Protazanov

Ivan Savonsky, popular society artist, meets Olga Kartoff, a young woman high in social circles, and while she is instantly attracted by him, he sees in her only the perfect model for his picture, "The Dagger Woman." Studying her, and by carefully playing on her emotions he gains her confidence, and afterward she consents to pose for him. The picture completed, she is grieved and then angered to discover that Ivan's interest rests solely in it, and how it will fare at the exhibition. She pleads with him in vain. The picture is pronounced a masterpiece, and Ivan is in his triumph as he returns to his studio. Here Olga has secreted herself. Humiliated by the reports circulated regarding herself and the artist, and unable longer to bear his disinterest she plunges a dagger to his heart and kills him.

Dir: Yakov Protazanov

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Golgofa zhenshchiny perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Yakov Protazanov

Adaptation of Thurston's Irish novel, "Masquerader". Tells the sinister story of a distinguished British gentleman (Mosjoukine), who, while serving as a member of the House of Commons, also becomes a morphine addict and is tormented by a double of himself.

Dir: Yakov Protazanov

An elderly man works as a waiter at a luxurious restaurant. He's content and full of hope, and treasures his family more than anything. But it's time of the First World War and news from the front change his life.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Chlen parlamenta perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Yakov Protazanov

The Kostomarov family falls apart when a female relative joins the household.

Dir: Yakov Protazanov

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Man from the Restaurant perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Yakov Protazanov

Tragic romance between a female Red Army sharpshooter and a White Army officer.

Dir: Yakov Protazanov

An silent comedy about a provincial tailor who won a lottery in the 1925 Soviet Union.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Anfisa perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Yakov Protazanov

Pastor Talnox furiously urges the flock to fight temptations, but he himself becomes a victim of temptation. In his house appears Satan, pushing the hero to theft and spiritual fall.

Dir: Yakov Protazanov

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.