Cinematic Discoveries Following the Footsteps of Taras Tryasylo: Cult Guide

Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

The drama of a young woman - the victim of high-society gossip. The plot is borrowed from the novel by Sergei Fonvizin 'Gossip'.

Dir: Edgar Jones

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

A mail-order bride arrives at a Maine lumber camp but doesn't like her prospective husband.

Dir: Robert N. Bradbury

A simple country girl, brutally mistreated by her stepfather, awakens first the sympathy, then the love, of The Boy. The Spider, who lusts after The Girl, makes a bargain with the stepfather and takes her to the city where, kept prisoner, she is soon broken in health and spirit. Cast out and near death, she is taken in by The Boy. Following the demise of The Spider, The Boy takes her to church, where he prays, and after many hours she is restored to health.

Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

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

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

Based on the novel of the same name by Ivan Goncharov. The film has been preserved without subtitles.

Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

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

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

Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

The story and doings of several people belonging to different strata of society and unrelated family - household relationships.

Dir: Wilfred Lucas

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

Brian O'Farrell (Snowy Baker), is an English 'new chum' who takes a job at an Australian cattle station. He is teased by station hands because of his appearance (including spats and a monocle) but he soon impresses them with his skills at riding and boxing. The station manager, John MacDonald (Wilfred Lucas), takes O'Farrell to Sydney to meet his daughter Edith (Kathleen Key) who is working in the slums. Edith is kidnapped by criminals after witnessing a crime but O'Farrell rescues her. It is later revealed he is the owner of the station.

Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Pyotr Chardynin

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.