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Mirages (1915 Film)
Mirages (russian: Миражи) is a 1915 short film directed by Pyotr Chardynin. Plot The film is based on the novel by Lidiya Charskaya. A young and beautiful girl Marianna from a poor family is hired as a reader by an elderly millionaire Dymov. She lives in a family with her mother and other family members, plays in performances, she has a fiancé Sergei. Dymov's son begins courting the beautiful reader. The girl feels a craving in her soul for wealth and luxury. After the death of the elder Dymov, she receives a large amount of money from him. Young Dymov dissuades her from marrying Sergei. He manages to seduce Marianne with “the tinsel of a rich life; the heroine converges with him, breaks with the family, refuses her fiancé”. The girl writes a letter to her mother that she has found what her soul has been looking for a long time, and the everyday gray atmosphere of life with Sergey would be unbearable for her. Marianna breaks with her fiancé and leaves the family, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyotr Chardynin
Pyotr Ivanovich Chardynin (russian: Пётр Иванович Чардынин) ( – 14 August 1934) was a Russian and Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor. One of the pioneers of the film industry in the Russian Empire, Chardynin directed over a hundred silent films during his career. Biography Chardynin was born Pyotr Ivanovich Krasavtsev on 10 February 1873 in Simbirsk, Russian Empire (now Ulyanovsk, Russia). In 1890, he was admitted to the Drama School of Moscow Philharmonic Society, where he studied under Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko from 1891. After graduating, he adopted stage name of Chardynin and started both acting and directing career in provincial Russian theatres in Belgorod, Orekhovo-Zuevo, Uralsk and Vologda. He first began experimenting with short films in 1907. In 1908, Chardynin joined the troupe at Vvedensky Narodny Dom in Moscow and, as a part of it, started his film acting career in ''A 16th Century Russian Wedding'' and '' Song About the Mercha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
