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Plot

The film is based on the 1905 novel '' The Duel'' by

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. Lieutenant Romashov falls in love with his captain's young wife Alexandra Nikolaeva.

History

The premiere took place on September 28, 1910. The film has been preserved to our time without inscriptions.

Cast

* A. Lesnogorsky as Romashov * Z. Mamonova as Shurochka * Nikolay Vailiev as Nikolaev * Lidiya Sycheva * Nikolai Vekov

Film crew

Directed by: André Maitre Screenplay: Vladimir Konenko Cinematography: Georges Meyer, Toppi Production designer: Czeslaw Sabinski

Literature

* Great Cinema. Catalog of Surviving Feature Films of Russia. 1908 — 1919; New Literary Review Publishing, 2002. Page 66.

References