The Auteur's Selection Complementing the Tone of Sorvanets: Cult Guide

Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

The waiter Antosha is in love with his owner's daughter. This distracts Antosha from work and the owner is going to fire him. The notary appears and informs the owner that Antosha is receiving a large inheritance. He offers the owner to conclude a three-year contract with Antosha. In the event of its early termination, the owner receives a large amount. Something will get, of course, and the notary. Drunk Antosha signs a contract, and the next day he becomes rich. Antosha wants to quit right away, but after getting acquainted with the contract, he remains to work. At night, he leads the luxurious life of a rich man. The owner of the restaurant is trying this way and that to fire Antosha. But he manages not only to avoid being fired, but also to marry his daughter.

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

Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

The film adaptation of Taras Shevchenko's biography of 1925 is the first Ukrainian biopic. It was one of the most expensive films, as for the first time experts in history, ethnography, and literary studies were involved in pre-production.

Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

Actress Paula who left circus on disability of the husband acrobat, leaves a family to the wealthy man. A remarkable research of diseases of pre-revolutionary society where "owners of life" manipulating the equities and human destinies.

Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

1919 Odessa is occupied by Denikin's troops. The background of the picture is the era of the wild revelry of the White Guard, intervention in the south of Russia and attempts to enslave it economically by European capitalists.

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

Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

From the life of a convent in pre-revolutionary Russia.

Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

A semi-historical drama by Gabriele D'Annunzio.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Molchi, grust... molchi perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

Newsreel of the funeral of Russian silent film actress Vera Kholodnaya (1893-1919).