''In the Quagmire'' () is a 1927

Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц� ...

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

directed by

Ivane Perestiani Ivan Nikolaevich Perestiani (also Ivane, ka, ივანე პერესტიანი; russian: Иван Николаевич Перестиани; — 14 May 1959) was a Georgian/Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor, and Peop ...

.Rollberg p.527

Plot

Vasily is an aspiring writer and Apollon works as a bank teller. They spend all their free time in the casino, and gambling starts to feel like an addiction. Apollon uses his government money for bets and ended up in prison. Vasily grieves the loss of his friend.

Cast

Pavel Yesikovsky Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel ...

as Apollon Kazachkov * Piotr Morskoy as Vasily Reztsov *

Maria Tenazi Maria Tenazi (née Mariya Aleksandrovna Tadevosyan; 1903–1930) (; ) was a Soviet Armenian silent film actress. She was the star of film ''Zare'' (1926), the first Armenian film dedicated to Kurdish culture. Biography Mariya Aleksandrovna ...

as Marusya * Ivan Kruchinin as Grandpa of Marusya * L. Privalov as Vasil Safonov *

Marius Jakobini Marius may refer to: People *Gaius Marius (157 BC-86 BC), Roman statesman, seven times consul. Arts and entertainment * ''Marius'' (play), a 1929 play by Marcel Pagnol * "Marius" (short story), a 1957 story by Poul Anderson * ''Marius'' (193 ...

Sofia Jozeffi Sofia Jozeffi (russian: София Жозеффи; born София Львовна Липкина) was a Soviet film actress. Selected filmography * 1923 — '' Red Devils'' * 1923 — '' Legenda o Devichyey Bashne'' References External lin ...

* K. Lavretski

References

Bibliography

* Rollberg, Peter. ''Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

* 1927 films Soviet silent feature films Georgian-language films Films directed by Ivan Perestiani Soviet black-and-white films Soviet-era films from Georgia (country) 1920s Soviet films {{1920s-USSR-film-stub