Cheslav Sabinsky
1885 - 1941
Живой труп
Cheslav Sabinsky
Vera Kholodnaya, Vladimir Maksimov
"The Living Corpse" - Fedor Protasov is tormented by the thought that his wife Liza never really made a clear choice between him and Victor Karenin, a more conventional rival for her hand. He wants to kill himself, but doesn't have the nerve. Running away from his life, he falls in with Gypsies, and into a sexual relationship with a Gypsy singer Mascha. Meanwhile, his wife Liza, presuming him dead, marries the other man, Victor.
A Corpse Living
Сашка-семинарист
Cheslav Sabinsky
Pyotr Baksheyev, V. Kashuba
Russian adventure film released in four parts. Only sections of the last part survive. Pre-revolutionary Russian films scholars Vishnevsky and Ginzburg claim that Yakov Protazanov was involved in the production, but did not want to associate his name with the film.
Sashka the seminarian
Ветер
Cheslav Sabinsky, Lev Sheffer
Nikolai Saltykov, Oksana Podlesnaya
During the Civil War following the Bolshevik Revolution, a Red cavalry officer is warned by a staffer from headquarters about his dangerous attraction to the female leader of a band of Cossacks, a violent woman who is aroused by killing.
Veter
Молчи, грусть... молчи
Cheslav Sabinsky, Pyotr Chardynin
Vera Kholodnaya, Pyotr Chardynin
Paula is a circus performer married to the alcoholic clown-acrobat Lorio. Lorio's heavy drinking leads to him being severely injured during a performance. This forces Paula and the now-crippled Lorio to become street musicians. This film formerly ran to 81 minutes – regrettably, the second half is considered lost.
Be Silent, Sorrow, Be Silent
