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Women Of Ryazan
''Women of Ryazan'' or ''The Peasant Women of Riazan'' (russian: Бабы рязанские, Baby ryazanskie) is a 1927 Soviet silent drama film directed by Olga Preobrazhenskaya and co-directed by Ivan Pravov, starring Kuzma Yastrebitsky, Olga Narbekova and Yelena Maksimova. This is the fourth feature film Preobrazhenskaya directed. In this film, "she reveals her belief in the strength of a simple plot, and her penchant for portraying folk traditions and for conveying a sense of the beauty and freshness of her native countryside." The picture compares the fate of two heroines Anna, who commits suicide at the end, and her lively and energetic sister-in-law Vasilisa, who openly defies the old way of life. Plot The film is set in a village somewhere in the Ryazan Governorate in Russia. It opens in Spring, 1914, just before the outbreak of the First World War. The well-to-do farmer Vasilii Shironin has a daughter, Vasilisa, and a son, Ivan. While Ivan's love towards Anna was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Preobrazhenskaya (director)
Olga Ivanovna Preobrazhenskaya (russian: Ольга Ивановна Преображенская, 24 July 1881 – 30 October 1971) was a Russian actress and film director, one of the first female film directors, and the first female film director in Russia. She is best known for directing the films ''Women of Ryazan'' (1927) and ''And Quiet Flows the Don'' (1930). Biography Olga Ivanovna Preobrazhenskaya was born on 24 July 1881, in Moscow. From 1901 to 1904, she studied in the actor school of Moscow Art Theater. From 1905, she worked in theaters in Poltava, Tbilisi, Riga, Odessa, Voronezh and Moscow. In 1913, she debuted as film actress in '' The Keys to Happiness'', directed by Vladimir Gardin and Yakov Protazanov, and she starred in several popular adaptations of Russian classics, such as ''War and Peace'' and ''On the Eve'' (both 1915). Preobrazhenskaya was one of the founders of the actor school of the VGIK, where she taught from 1918 to 1925. In 1916 Preobrazhenskaya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |